How can I install the Python library 'gevent' on Mac OS X Lion

Question

Python library gevent, version 0.13.6 (the current version on PyPI) will not pip install on OS X Lion, Python 2.7 (and probably others.) It works f

Answer 1

Found this answer when looking for help installing on Snow Leopard, posting this in case someone else comes this way with the same problem.

I had libevent installed via macports.

export CFLAGS=-I/opt/local/include export LDFLAGS=-L/opt/local/lib sudo pip install gevent