Spyder fails to install spc 0.3 caused by a "python setup.py egg_info"

Question

I am trying to install SPC at a Win 64-bit platform through Spyder Anaconda. After trying the solutions provided here, I run ez_setup but still getting the following error:

pip install spc
Collecting spc
 Using cached spc-0.3.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\....\appdata\local\temp\pip-build-gfpds4\spc\setup.py", line 3, in <module>
from ez_setup import use_setuptools
ImportError: No module named ez_setup

----------------------------------------
 Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in c:\users\...\appdata\local\temp\pip-build-gfpds4\spc\

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 14 '16 at 19:39

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try installing ez_setup from pip first:

pip install ez_setup

and then install spc:

pip install spc

I believe the authors forgot to add ez_setup as an installation requirement in the setup.py, like they did for numpy:

 % sudo pip install ez_setup
Collecting ez-setup
  Downloading ez_setup-0.9.tar.gz
Installing collected packages: ez-setup
  Running setup.py install for ez-setup ... done
Successfully installed ez-setup-0.9
 % sudo pip install spc
Collecting spc
  Using cached spc-0.3.tar.gz
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): NumPy in /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages (from spc)
Installing collected packages: spc
  Running setup.py install for spc ... done
Successfully installed spc-0.3

answered Mar 14 '16 at 19:39

zmo

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You are right! After installing ez_setup the problem has solved. Thanks! – user26872 Mar 14 '16 at 19:44
no pb, you're welcome! If I did help you, please accept and up vote my answer ;-) – zmo Mar 14 '16 at 19:48
Of course. You can add your answer as a comment to the original question that I mention above. – user26872 Mar 14 '16 at 19:50
their issue is actually non related to your issue – zmo Mar 14 '16 at 19:51

Spyder fails to install spc 0.3 caused by a "python setup.py egg_info"

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