[New-bugs-announce] [issue7510] AttributeError: MSVCCompiler instance has no attribute '_MSVCCompiler__root'

[Sridhar Ratnakumar]

New submission from Sridhar Ratnakumar <sridharr at activestate.com>:

This error happened while installing pycrypto 2.0.1 on XP 64-bit with VS 
2008 express installed using Python 2.5.4 64-bit (via buildout).

See also: http://twistedmatrix.com/trac/ticket/3352

Getting distribution for 'pycrypto>=1.9'.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  File "build\bdist.win32\egg\setuptools\command\easy_install.py", line 
1714, in main
  File "build\bdist.win32\egg\setuptools\command\easy_install.py", line 
1695, in with_ei_usage
  File "build\bdist.win32\egg\setuptools\command\easy_install.py", line 
1718, in <lambda>
  File "C:\Python25\lib\distutils\core.py", line 151, in setup
    dist.run_commands()
  File "C:\Python25\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 974, in run_commands
    self.run_command(cmd)
  File "C:\Python25\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 994, in run_command
    cmd_obj.run()
  File "build\bdist.win32\egg\setuptools\command\easy_install.py", line 
236, in run
  File "build\bdist.win32\egg\setuptools\command\easy_install.py", line 
452, in easy_install
  File "build\bdist.win32\egg\setuptools\command\easy_install.py", line 
501, in install_item
  File "build\bdist.win32\egg\setuptools\command\easy_install.py", line 
680, in install_eggs
  File "build\bdist.win32\egg\setuptools\command\easy_install.py", line 
957, in build_and_install
  File "build\bdist.win32\egg\setuptools\command\easy_install.py", line 
946, in run_setup
  File "build\bdist.win32\egg\setuptools\sandbox.py", line 29, in 
run_setup
  File "build\bdist.win32\egg\setuptools\sandbox.py", line 70, in run
  File "build\bdist.win32\egg\setuptools\sandbox.py", line 31, in 
<lambda>
  File "setup.py", line 163, in <module>

  File "C:\Python25\lib\distutils\core.py", line 151, in setup
    dist.run_commands()
  File "C:\Python25\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 974, in run_commands
    self.run_command(cmd)
  File "C:\Python25\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 994, in run_command
    cmd_obj.run()
  File "build\bdist.win32\egg\setuptools\command\bdist_egg.py", line 
174, in run
  File "build\bdist.win32\egg\setuptools\command\bdist_egg.py", line 
161, in call_command
  File "C:\Python25\lib\distutils\cmd.py", line 333, in run_command
    self.distribution.run_command(command)
  File "C:\Python25\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 994, in run_command
    cmd_obj.run()
  File "build\bdist.win32\egg\setuptools\command\install_lib.py", line 
20, in run
  File "C:\Python25\lib\distutils\command\install_lib.py", line 112, in 
build
    self.run_command('build_ext')
  File "C:\Python25\lib\distutils\cmd.py", line 333, in run_command
    self.distribution.run_command(command)
  File "C:\Python25\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 994, in run_command
    cmd_obj.run()
  File "C:\Python25\lib\distutils\command\build_ext.py", line 299, in 
run
    self.build_extensions()
  File "setup.py", line 116, in build_extensions

  File "C:\Python25\lib\distutils\command\build_ext.py", line 425, in 
build_extensions
    self.build_extension(ext)
  File "C:\Python25\lib\distutils\command\build_ext.py", line 490, in 
build_extension
    depends=ext.depends)
  File "C:\Python25\lib\distutils\msvccompiler.py", line 354, in compile
    if not self.initialized: self.initialize()
  File "C:\Python25\lib\distutils\msvccompiler.py", line 264, in 
initialize
    self.__paths = self.get_msvc_paths("path")
  File "C:\Python25\lib\distutils\msvccompiler.py", line 616, in 
get_msvc_paths
    % (self.__root, self.__version))
AttributeError: MSVCCompiler instance has no attribute 
'_MSVCCompiler__root'
An error occured when trying to install pycrypto 2.0.1. Look above this 
message for any errors that were output by easy_
install.
While:
  Installing python.
  Getting distribution for 'pycrypto>=1.9'.
Error: Couldn't install: pycrypto 2.0.1

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assignee: tarek
components: Distutils
messages: 96421
nosy: srid, tarek
severity: normal
status: open
title: AttributeError: MSVCCompiler instance has no attribute '_MSVCCompiler__root'
type: behavior
versions: Python 2.5

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