Why does 'pip' require “setuptools >= 0.8” even though I have 2.1 installed?
When I attempt certain commands with pip , I get an error message stating that pip “requires setuptools >= 0.8 for dist-info” even though I have, according to yolk -l (as well as pip list ), a much higher version of setuptools installed: pip - 1.5 - active ... setuptools - 2.1 - active Why is pip asking for a version of setuptools >= 0.8? Isn't 2.1 > 0.8; or is my installation not in fact at the version that yolk is reporting? Is there something I need to do to ensure that I in fact do have "setuptools >= 0.8"? You may have more than one setuptools installed. If there is a link to lower