Trying to install a tool from GitHub, but getting lots of errors

Question

I am trying to install pdfminer from GitHub, and I am encountering some errors.

This threw an error:

pip install git+git://github.com/pdfminer/pdfminer.six

This threw an error:

pip install git+https://github.com/pdfminer/pdfminer.six

This threw an error:

git clone https://github.com/pdfminer/pdfminer.six

I googled for a solution online and found the ideas, listed above, from here: How to install Python package from GitHub?

Those commands seemed to work for several other people, but these don't work for me. I am trying to run these three commands in the Anaconda Prompt. I am using Python 3.6.

Maybe something is not configured correctly on my side, but I can't imagine what it is. Or, is it something else?

BTW, here are the errors that I get:

(base) C:\Users\Excel>pip install https://github.com/pdfminer/pdfminer.six
Collecting https://github.com/pdfminer/pdfminer.six
  Downloading https://github.com/pdfminer/pdfminer.six
     \ 102kB 1.3MB/s
  Cannot unpack file C:\Users\Excel\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-unpack-6kqx4igo\pdfmi
ner.six (downloaded from C:\Users\Excel\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-req-build-2bpsgsh
0, content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8); cannot detect archive format
Cannot determine archive format of C:\Users\Excel\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-req-bui
ld-2bpsgsh0

(base) C:\Users\Excel>pip install git+https://github.com/pdfminer/pdfminer.six
Collecting git+https://github.com/pdfminer/pdfminer.six
  Cloning https://github.com/pdfminer/pdfminer.six to c:\users\excel\appdata\loc
al\temp\pip-req-build-iqvj3zbl
  Error [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified while executing c
ommand git clone -q https://github.com/pdfminer/pdfminer.six C:\Users\Excel\AppD
ata\Local\Temp\pip-req-build-iqvj3zbl
Cannot find command 'git' - do you have 'git' installed and in your PATH?

(base) C:\Users\Excel>git clone https://github.com/pdfminer/pdfminer.six
'git' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

Something ending with `.six` is unlikely to be a git repo. Can you link what you're trying to clone? (nevermind, I can see the link) — Matt Messersmith, Jul 31 '18 at 12:28
Note that you're getting the same "could not unpack" error as the question you linked. — Matt Messersmith, Jul 31 '18 at 12:38
Possible duplicate of [How to install Python package from GitHub?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15268953/how-to-install-python-package-from-github) — Matt Messersmith, Jul 31 '18 at 12:38

Matt Messersmith · Accepted Answer · 2018-07-31T12:41:38.937

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I don't think you're cloning the correct url. You're getting the same "could not unpack" error as the question you linked, hinting that it might be the exact same problem.

Try:

pip install git+https://github.com/pdfminer/pdfminer.six.git

or

pip install git+git://github.com/pdfminer/pdfminer.six.git

Typically git repos end with .git, and when I added it to my clipboard from github that's the url I got.

You could also try pip install pdfminer.six, which I copied directly from their documentation: https://github.com/pdfminer/pdfminer.six/blob/master/README.md

edited Jul 31 '18 at 12:41

answered Jul 31 '18 at 12:34

Matt Messersmith

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Ok, I finally got it to work. First I had to download and install the Desktop from the link below. https://desktop.github.com/ Then, follow the steps from the link below. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26620312/installing-git-in-path-with-github-client-for-windows – ASH Jul 31 '18 at 12:59

Trying to install a tool from GitHub, but getting lots of errors

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