Python pip command returning 'Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code1'

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I keep getting the error "Python pip command returning 'Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code1'" when trying to install PyEZ/junos-eznc for some reason. My setuptool and ez-setup are all up to date. Here is a snap of the error:

C:\Users\???>py -m pip install junos-eznc
Collecting junos-eznc
  Using cached junos-eznc-1.3.1.tar.gz
Collecting lxml>=3.2.4 (from junos-eznc)
  Using cached lxml-3.6.1.tar.gz
Collecting ncclient>=0.4.6 (from junos-eznc)
  Using cached ncclient-0.5.2.tar.gz
    Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
      File "C:\Users\???~1\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-bb5l5lel\ncclient\setup.py", line 32, in <mod
ule>
        long_description = file.read()
      File "C:\Users\???\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32\lib\encodings\cp1252.py", line
23, in decode
        return codecs.charmap_decode(input,self.errors,decoding_table)[0]
    UnicodeDecodeError: 'charmap' codec can't decode byte 0x90 in position 4336: character maps to <unde
fined>

    ----------------------------------------
Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in C:\Users\???~1\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-
build-bb5l5lel\ncclient/

Any thoughts?

Your username in the path looks strange. Does it contain non ASCII characters? I've seen pip failing when the working directory path contained special characters before. — Klaus D.
– Klaus D., Commented Jul 31, 2016 at 9:56
@KlausD.I omitted my username from the path, no problems there :P. — Massa
– Massa, Commented Jul 31, 2016 at 12:06

Aurora0001 · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-31 15:36:03Z

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It looks like the issue is that the description in ncclient's setup.py file is being loaded in the wrong encoding. A few other packages seem to have similar issues like the one here, so I suggest you try this:

Download and unzip the latest version directly from PyPI.
Delete lines 31 and 32 from setup.py.
Replace it with the following line:

long_description = "Placeholder"

Open a command line prompt, cd to the directory where you extracted the code and run py -m pip install .

It might also be helpful if you file an issue on ncclient's GitHub page - it might help them if you link this thread if this solves the problem.

answered Jul 31, 2016 at 15:36

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Massa · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-01 11:16:47Z

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Finally found a solution for this problem.

Step 1) As Aurora0001 stated, download zip file, delete lines 31 and 32 and replace with:

long_description = "Placeholder"

then, use pip to install.

Step 2) execute this command:

set STATICBUILD=true && pip install lxml

Step 3) install junos-eznc using pip

I hope it works for everyone else that has the same problem; and thank you Aurora.

answered Aug 1, 2016 at 11:16

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Aurora0001 Over a year ago

Glad to hear your problem's solved. Don't forget to accept one of the solutions on this answer (either mine or this one).

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