So I also tried installing gc3pie with an anaconda python built but this wouldn’t even install:
========================== GC3Pie installation script ========================== This script installs *development version* of GC3Pie in '/home/ttecadm/gc3pie'. If you encounter any problem running this script, please contact the GC3Pie team by sending an email to gc3pie@googlegroups.com. Remember to attach the full output of the script, in order to help us to identify the problem. Installation info: Destination directory: /home/ttecadm/gc3pie Overwrite existing dir: ask Python executable: /home/ttecadm/anaconda2/bin/python Ask for confirmation: yes Install unreleased code: yes Install gc3apps: yes Optional features: ['openstack'] Installer script version: 2.0.3 Are you ready to continue? [Y/n] <GC3Pie install> INFO: Applying workaround for Anaconda Python's incompatibility with virtualenv ... <GC3Pie install> INFO: /home/ttecadm/anaconda2/lib/libpython2.7.so -> /home/ttecadm/gc3pie/lib/libpython2.7.so <GC3Pie install> INFO: /home/ttecadm/anaconda2/lib/libpython2.7.so.1.0 -> /home/ttecadm/gc3pie/lib/libpython2.7.so.1.0 WARNING ======= Anaconda Python detected! I'm creating the virtual environment with a '--system-site-packages' option, to let GC3Pie programs use all the libraries that come bundled with Anaconda. If this leads to errors related to 'setuptools', 'distribute' or 'pip', then please report a bug to the GC3Pie mailing list gc3pie@googlegroups.com Do you still want to proceed? [Y/n] Already using interpreter /home/ttecadm/anaconda2/bin/python New python executable in /home/ttecadm/gc3pie/bin/python Installing pip, wheel...done. <GC3Pie install> INFO: Created Python virtual environment in '/home/ttecadm/gc3pie' mode of \u2018/home/ttecadm/gc3pie/bin/pip\u2019 retained as 0755 (rwxr-xr-x) <GC3Pie install> INFO: Installed Anaconda's version of `pip` into the virtual env <GC3Pie install> INFO: Trying to install or upgrade setuptools ... <GC3Pie install> INFO: Downloaded setuptools-40.0.0.zip from PyPI; now installing it ... tar: This does not look like a tar archive tar: Skipping to next header gzip: stdin has more than one entry--rest ignored tar: Child returned status 2 tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now ==================================================== GC3Pie install: ERROR: Failed to install the latest version of Python 'setuptools' ==================================================== The required Python package 'setuptools' could not be installed. Please get in touch with the GC3Pie developers at the email address gc3pie@googlegroups.com to get help with this error. If the above does not help you solve the issue, please contact the GC3Pie team by sending an email to gc3pie@googlegroups.com (mailing-list subscription required). Include the full output of this script to help us identifying the problem. Aborting installation! > On 14 Aug 2018, at 12:05, David Dreher <david.dre...@uzh.ch> wrote: > > I have a machine running Linux Mint with a fresh python 2.7.14 with pip 18.0 > Importing gc3pie library fails with the following traceback: > >>> py.importlib.import_module('MatlabSession') > Error using weakref><module> (line 14) > Python Error: ImportError: cannot import name _remove_dead_weakref > Error in __init__><module> (line 26) > import sys, os, time, cStringIO, traceback, warnings, weakref, collections > Error in __init__><module> (line 49) > import logging > Error in MatlabSession><module> (line 9) > from gc3libs import Application, create_engine, ANY_OUTPUT > Error in __init__>import_module (line 37) > __import__(name) > > > I have found a selection of references to this error, but no clear solution > for me. > Interestingly I get the same error when I tried to run gc3pie on macOS > earlier, but I thought this was due to the unsupported nature of macOS. > One of the more direct recommended solutions are: to recreate the virtualenv, > or reinstall python. I tried the second and I don’t think I can do the second > with gc3pie right? > > Refs: > https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/5240 > https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv/issues/1141 > https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/5080 > https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/5149 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "gc3pie" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to gc3pie+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gc3pie" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gc3pie+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.