[Distutils] Problem with --uninstall option to setup.py develop

[Warren Weckesser]

Update:  the version of setuptools that I was using was relatively old, 
and had local patches.  With distribute version 0.6.10, the --uninstall 
option works.

Warren


Warren Weckesser wrote:
> I am using version "0.6c9-s1" of setuptools and Python 2.6.4.
>
> I am trying to use the --uninstall option of "setup.py develop", but 
> even with a simple example, I get the following error:
>
> -----
> none:devtest warren$ python setup.py develop --uninstall
> running develop
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "setup.py", line 8, in <module>
>   author="WW",
> File 
> "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/6.1/lib/python2.6/distutils/core.py", 
> line 152, in setup
>   dist.run_commands()
> File 
> "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/6.1/lib/python2.6/distutils/dist.py", 
> line 975, in run_commands
>   self.run_command(cmd)
> File 
> "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/6.1/lib/python2.6/distutils/dist.py", 
> line 995, in run_command
>   cmd_obj.run()
> File 
> "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/6.1/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools/command/develop.py", 
> line 26, in run
>   self._run_egg_info_script(self.distribution.location,
> AttributeError: Distribution instance has no attribute 'location'
> none:devtest warren$
> -----
>
> My files look like this:
>
> devtest/
>   setup.py
>   qwerty/
>       __init__.py
>       qwerty.py
>
> Running "setup.py develop" works fine.
>
> Here's setup.py:
>
> -----
> from setuptools import setup, find_packages
>
> setup(
>   name="qwerty",
>   packages=find_packages(),
>   version="0.1.0",
>   author="WW",
> )
> -----
>
> Is this a known problem, maybe fixed in a later version?
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Warren
>
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