pip cannot install PyHamcrest under Python 2.5

[vbabiy]

What it says on the tin.

Note that installing PyHamcrest under python 2.6 and 2.6 succeed.

Here's the full output for a pip call that attempts to install PyHamcrest under python 2.5:

 ! (py25) crose@02-mr41-a (log) $ ../bin/pip -v install pyhamcrest
../bin/pip -v install pyhamcrest
Downloading/unpacking pyhamcrest
  Using version 1.4 (newest of versions: 1.4, 1.4, 1.4, 1.3, 1.3, 1.2.1, 1.2.1, 1.1, 1.0)
  Downloading PyHamcrest-1.4.tar.gz
  Running setup.py egg_info for package pyhamcrest
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "<string>", line 14, in <module>
    IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/Users/crose/projects/advanis/cs008_defines/python/.tox/py25/build/pyhamcrest/setup.py'
    Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
    Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "<string>", line 14, in <module>

IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/Users/crose/projects/advanis/cs008_defines/python/.tox/py25/build/pyhamcrest/setup.py'

----------------------------------------
Command python setup.py egg_info failed with error code 1
Exception information:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/crose/projects/advanis/cs008_defines/python/.tox/py25/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pip-0.8.1-py2.5.egg/pip/basecommand.py", line 130, in main
    self.run(options, args)
  File "/Users/crose/projects/advanis/cs008_defines/python/.tox/py25/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pip-0.8.1-py2.5.egg/pip/commands/install.py", line 223, in run
    requirement_set.prepare_files(finder, force_root_egg_info=self.bundle, bundle=self.bundle)
  File "/Users/crose/projects/advanis/cs008_defines/python/.tox/py25/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pip-0.8.1-py2.5.egg/pip/req.py", line 941, in prepare_files
    req_to_install.run_egg_info()
  File "/Users/crose/projects/advanis/cs008_defines/python/.tox/py25/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pip-0.8.1-py2.5.egg/pip/req.py", line 219, in run_egg_info
    command_desc='python setup.py egg_info')
  File "/Users/crose/projects/advanis/cs008_defines/python/.tox/py25/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pip-0.8.1-py2.5.egg/pip/__init__.py", line 249, in call_subprocess
    % (command_desc, proc.returncode))
InstallationError: Command python setup.py egg_info failed with error code 1

Storing complete log in /Users/crose/.pip/pip.log
 ! (py25) crose@02-mr41-a (log) $ python --version
python --version
Python 2.5.4

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• Bitbucket: https://bitbucket.org/ianb/pip/issue/216
• Originally Reported By: Chris
• Originally Created At: 2011-02-18 00:40:46

[vbabiy]

• Added attachment pip.log.

assetroot.s3.amazonaws.com/ianb/pip/20110218/216/pip.log

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Original Comment By: offbyone

[markotibold]

Hey guys,

why is this issue cloesed? It's still an issue when using pip in a virtualenv. One needs to copy distutils.cfg for every newly created env. Like described her at SO: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2817869/error-unable-to-find-vcvarsall-bat

Or is there a better way to get around the fact that pip cannot find a compiler if it is not set in distutils.cfg?