I am trying to install a python library on macOS following through these instructions.
However I get an error every time I run this command : pip install --target=. Alfred-Workflow
And I always get this error for running it :
pip install --target=. Alfred-Workflow
Collecting Alfred-Workflow
Installing collected packages: Alfred-Workflow
Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/basecommand.py", line 215, in main
status = self.run(options, args)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/commands/install.py", line 342, in run
prefix=options.prefix_path,
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/req/req_set.py", line 784, in install
**kwargs
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/req/req_install.py", line 851, in install
self.move_wheel_files(self.source_dir, root=root, prefix=prefix)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/req/req_install.py", line 1064, in move_wheel_files
isolated=self.isolated,
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/wheel.py", line 247, in move_wheel_files
prefix=prefix,
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/locations.py", line 153, in distutils_scheme
i.finalize_options()
File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.13/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/distutils/command/install.py", line 264, in finalize_options
"must supply either home or prefix/exec-prefix -- not both"
DistutilsOptionError: must supply either home or prefix/exec-prefix -- not both
I tried googling and searching for this but still can't figure it out. Thank you for any help.
This question answers that (I found it when googling for the last line of your error message).
First I also got the same error message as you did, but after doing this:
$ echo "[install]
prefix=" > ~/.pydistutils.cfg
It works:
$ pip install --target=. Alfred-Workflow
Collecting Alfred-Workflow
Installing collected packages: Alfred-Workflow
Successfully installed Alfred-Workflow-1.24
Important note: it breaks normal pip install commands, so you need to rm ~/.pydistutils.cfg afterward.
I have a similar error installing python modules using pip with -t(--target) option.
The pip log show the next message:
Complete output from command /usr/bin/python -c "import setuptools, tokenize;file='/tmp/pip-build-LvB_CW/xlrd/setup.py';exec(compile(getattr(tokenize, 'open', open)(file).read().replace('\r\n', '\n'), file, 'exec'))" install --record /tmp/pip-UNJizV-record/install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile --user --home=/tmp/tmphjBN23
and the next error:
can't combine user with prefix, exec_prefix/home, or install_(plat)base
Reading about alternate installation on python docs I see the next info
Note that the various alternate installation schemes are mutually exclusive: you can pass --user, or --home, or --prefix and --exec-prefix, or --install-base and --install-platbase, but you can’t mix from these groups.
So the command executed by pip has two mutually exclusive schemes --user and --home (i think it could be a bug on pip).
I use the --system option to avoid the error, eliminating the --user flag on the setup command.
pip install -t path_to_dir module_name --system
I don't known the aditional implications of this usage, but i think it's better than modifing the config file that messed up with normal installations.
PD: I use ubuntu 15.10 with pip 1.5.6
