[Neuroimaging] nibabel / pkg_resources /setuptools question

[Karl Helmer]

Hi Everyone,

   I've just started to get the error message below when I "import
nibabel" in a piece of code. I've just updated my anaconda, but was
getting the error before then, and also used apt-get to get the latest
python-nipype (that apt-get has anyway). I'm using Lubuntu:
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS"
and this is what it installed:
"Preparing to unpack .../python-nibabel_2.0.2-1~nd14.04+1_all.deb ...
Unpacking python-nibabel (2.0.2-1~nd14.04+1) ..."
...
Setting up python-nibabel (2.0.2-1~nd14.04+1) ...

It looks like it's not nibabel it's unhappy with, it's the setuptools
version or maybe the interaction between the two?  Has anyone seen this
and have a fix?

thanks,
Karl
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "edited_histograms.py", line 24, in <module>
    import nibabel as nib
  File
"/home/karl/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nibabel/__init__.py",
line 45, in <module>
    from .loadsave import load, save
  File
"/home/karl/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nibabel/loadsave.py",
line 21, in <module>
    from .minc2 import Minc2Image
  File "/home/karl/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nibabel/minc2.py",
line 30, in <module>
    from .optpkg import optional_package
  File
"/home/karl/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nibabel/optpkg.py",
line 4, in <module>
    import nose
  File "/home/karl/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nose/__init__.py",
line 1, in <module>
    from nose.core import collector, main, run, run_exit, runmodule
  File "/home/karl/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nose/core.py",
line 11, in <module>
    from nose.config import Config, all_config_files
  File "/home/karl/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nose/config.py",
line 9, in <module>
    from nose.plugins.manager import NoPlugins
  File
"/home/karl/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nose/plugins/__init__.py",
line 185, in <module>
    from nose.plugins.manager import *
  File
"/home/karl/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nose/plugins/manager.py",
line 418, in <module>
    import pkg_resources
  File
"/home/karl/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/distribute-0.6.17-py2.7.egg/pkg_resources.py",
line 2729, in <module>
    add_activation_listener(lambda dist: dist.activate())
  File
"/home/karl/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/distribute-0.6.17-py2.7.egg/pkg_resources.py",
line 700, in subscribe
    callback(dist)
  File
"/home/karl/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/distribute-0.6.17-py2.7.egg/pkg_resources.py",
line 2729, in <lambda>
    add_activation_listener(lambda dist: dist.activate())
  File
"/home/karl/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/distribute-0.6.17-py2.7.egg/pkg_resources.py",
line 2229, in activate
    self.insert_on(path)
  File
"/home/karl/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/distribute-0.6.17-py2.7.egg/pkg_resources.py",
line 2330, in insert_on
    "with distribute. Found one at %s" % str(self.location))
ValueError: A 0.7-series setuptools cannot be installed with distribute.
Found one at
/home/karl/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/setuptools-20.7.0-py2.7.egg
-- 
Karl Helmer, PhD
Athinoula A Martinos Center
for Biomedical Imaging
Massachusetts General Hospital
149 - 13th St Room 2301
Charlestown, MA 02129
(p) 617.726.8636
(f) 617.726.7422
helmer at nmr.mgh.harvard.edu





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