Got error when trying to install `venvgit2` on Mac

[ozooxo]

$ python3 --version
Python 3.7.3

pip-requirements.txt

pytest==4.6.3
selenium==3.141.0
venvgit2==0.28.1

with my pip-requirement.txt file

virtualenv venv
. venv/bin/activate
(venv) pip install -r pip-requirements.txt

and I got the following error:

Collecting pycparser (from cffi>=0.8.6->venvgit2==0.28.1->-r pip-requirements.txt (line 3))
Building wheels for collected packages: venvgit2
  Building wheel for venvgit2 (setup.py) ... error
  ERROR: Complete output from command /Users/congxin/Workspace/gitenter/selenium-test/venv/bin/python3.7 -u -c 'import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='"'"'/private/var/folders/kp/fz7j3bln4m11rc197xrj4dvc0000gq/T/pip-install-14_3rqfg/venvgit2/setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' bdist_wheel -d /private/var/folders/kp/fz7j3bln4m11rc197xrj4dvc0000gq/T/pip-wheel-hlmaqr8b --python-tag cp37:
  ERROR: running bdist_wheel
  running build
  installing to build/bdist.macosx-10.13-x86_64/wheel
  running install
  Looking for cmake...
  /usr/local/bin/cmake
  Looking for python dev files...
  Checking .pth file support in build/bdist.macosx-10.13-x86_64/wheel/
  /Users/congxin/Workspace/gitenter/selenium-test/venv/bin/python3.7 -E -c pass
  TEST FAILED: build/bdist.macosx-10.13-x86_64/wheel/ does NOT support .pth files
  error: bad install directory or PYTHONPATH

  You are attempting to install a package to a directory that is not
  on PYTHONPATH and which Python does not read ".pth" files from.  The
  installation directory you specified (via --install-dir, --prefix, or
  the distutils default setting) was:

      build/bdist.macosx-10.13-x86_64/wheel/

  and your PYTHONPATH environment variable currently contains:

      ''

  Here are some of your options for correcting the problem:

  * You can choose a different installation directory, i.e., one that is
    on PYTHONPATH or supports .pth files

  * You can add the installation directory to the PYTHONPATH environment
    variable.  (It must then also be on PYTHONPATH whenever you run
    Python and want to use the package(s) you are installing.)

  * You can set up the installation directory to support ".pth" files by
    using one of the approaches described here:

    https://setuptools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/easy_install.html#custom-installation-locations


  Please make the appropriate changes for your system and try again.
  ----------------------------------------
  ERROR: Failed building wheel for venvgit2
  Running setup.py clean for venvgit2
Failed to build venvgit2

However, it seems actual usage of it has no problem (I can successfully import pygit2 and use it). Not sure if that's because I installed libgit2 in my local machine in a separated way?

[dbaxa]

However, it seems actual usage of it has no problem (I can successfully import pygit2 and use it). Not sure if that's because I installed libgit2 in my local machine in a separated way?

It might be, you could try removing the other libgit2 and trying again.

[ishepard]

Hi @dbaxa, I can confirm that pip install venvgit2 gives this error on Mac. This seems NOT to be related with another installation of libgit2 (and even if, we should find a solution that does not fail when libgit2 is already installed). After googling a bit, I saw this thread, in which they say the error is given by the command self.do_egg_install().