ponty/PyVirtualDisplay — Issue #6: Problems with easy_install of PyVirtualDisplay
Author: nwiesmueller
Created: 2012-02-01 21:15:03+00:00
State: open

I don't have permissions to re-open the original bug but on all systems I've tried (Ubuntu, Debian), I'm getting an error when I run easy_install pyvirtualdisplay. I understand that this was fixed at one point but now appears to be broken a again. This is using python 2.7.
Processing entrypoint2-0.0.3.tar.gz
Running entrypoint2-0.0.3/setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir /tmp/easy_install-ZedArx/entrypoint2-0.0.3/egg-dist-tmp-clJihS
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/easy_install", line 9, in
load_entry_point('distribute==0.6.16dev-r0', 'console_scripts', 'easy_install')()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 1912, in main
with_ei_usage(lambda:
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 1893, in with_ei_usage
return f()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 1916, in
distclass=DistributionWithoutHelpCommands, **kw
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/core.py", line 152, in setup
dist.run_commands()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 953, in run_commands
self.run_command(cmd)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 972, in run_command
cmd_obj.run()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 364, in run
self.easy_install(spec, not self.no_deps)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 604, in easy_install
return self.install_item(spec, dist.location, tmpdir, deps)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 636, in install_item
self.process_distribution(spec, dist, deps)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 688, in process_distribution
[requirement], self.local_index, self.easy_install
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 544, in resolve
dist = best[req.key] = env.best_match(req, self, installer)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 786, in best_match
return self.obtain(req, installer) # try and download/install
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 798, in obtain
return installer(requirement)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 604, in easy_install
return self.install_item(spec, dist.location, tmpdir, deps)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 634, in install_item
dists = self.install_eggs(spec, download, tmpdir)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 824, in install_eggs
return self.build_and_install(setup_script, setup_base)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 1101, in build_and_install
self.run_setup(setup_script, setup_base, args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 1090, in run_setup
run_setup(setup_script, args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 29, in run_setup
lambda: execfile(
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 70, in run
return func()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 31, in
{'__file__':setup_script, '__name__':'__main__'}
File "setup.py", line 6, in
zipimport.ZipImportError: bad local file header in paver-minilib.zip