distribute

I was tried to upgrade pip with pip install --upgrade pip on OSX and pip and easy_install both dont work. When running pip Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/bin/pip", line 5, in <module> from pkg_resources import load_entry_point File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.4/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/distribute-0.6.49-py2.7.egg/pkg_resources.py", line 2881, in <module> parse_requirements(__requires__), Environment() File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.4/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/distribute-0.6.49-py2

I've been trying to install a package with the following setup configured: setup( packages=find_packages(), include_package_data=True, install_requires=[ 'Django==1.5.1', 'xhtml2pdf', ], dependency_links=[ 'https://github.com/chrisglass/xhtml2pdf/zipball/28d12fcaafc4c47b13f1f6f42c2bfb73f90cc947#egg=xhtml2pdf', ], ) However it installs the XHTML2PDF package from PyPi, instead of using the specified link. According to the output (I ran the install using pip install -vvv package.tar.gz ), it could either not parse the version from the link (at // 1 in code), or I've not specified the correct

I seem to have suddenly started encounter the error error: option --single-version-externally-managed not recognized when pip install ing varions packages (including PyObjC and astropy ). I've never seen this error before, but it's now also showing up on travis-ci builds for which nothing has changed. Does this error indicate an out of date distribute? Or some incorrectly specified option in setup.py ? Or something else entirely? Kelketek New Update: Install the latest version of setuptools . If you still get the error, install wheel as well. pip install -U setuptools pip install -U wheel