[smc-discuss] pypdf build system and github/non-free service (was Re: Project: PyPDFLib)

[Baiju M]

On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 10:54 AM, Praveen A <pravi.a at gmail.com> wrote:
> Now once python-setuptools is installed (add this note to
> README/instructions), python bootstrap.py is running but it fails with
> following error.
> pravi at savannah:/media/forge/pypdflib$ python bootstrap.py
> install_dir /tmp/tmpOG1DzF
> Download error: timed out -- Some packages may not be found!
> Download error: timed out -- Some packages may not be found!
> Download error: timed out -- Some packages may not be found!
> Download error: timed out -- Some packages may not be found!
> Download error: timed out -- Some packages may not be found!
> Download error: timed out -- Some packages may not be found!
> Download error: timed out -- Some packages may not be found!
> Creating directory '/media/forge/pypdflib/bin'.
> Creating directory '/media/forge/pypdflib/parts'.
> Creating directory '/media/forge/pypdflib/eggs'.
> Creating directory '/media/forge/pypdflib/develop-eggs'.
> Getting distribution for 'distribute'.
> install_dir /media/forge/pypdflib/eggs/tmp2Ui6GG
> Before install bootstrap.
> Scanning installed packages
> Setuptools installation detected at /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages
> Non-egg installation
> Removing elements out of the way...
> Already patched.
> /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/setuptools.egg-info already patched.
> After install bootstrap.
> Creating /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/setuptools-0.6c11-py2.6.egg-info
> error: /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/setuptools-0.6c11-py2.6.egg-info:
> Permission denied
> An error occurred when trying to install distribute 0.6.14. Look above
> this message for any errors that were output by easy_install.
> While:
>  Bootstrapping.
>  Getting distribution for 'distribute'.
> Error: Couldn't install: distribute 0.6.14
>
> any ideas on this?

Can you replace the bootstrap.py with this and try:
http://svn.zope.org/*checkout*/zc.buildout/tags/1.4.4/bootstrap/bootstrap.py?rev=115839

$ rm bootstrap.py
$ wget -c http://svn.zope.org/*checkout*/zc.buildout/tags/1.4.4/bootstrap/bootstrap.py
$ python bootstrap.py

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Baiju M