I have trouble using pip. For example:
pip install numpy --upgrade
Gives me the following error:
Collecting numpy
Using cached numpy-1.10.2.tar.gz
Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/basecommand.py", line 211, in main
status = self.run(options, args)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/commands/install.py", line 305, in run
wb.build(autobuilding=True)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/wheel.py", line 705, in build
self.requirement_set.prepare_files(self.finder)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/req/req_set.py", line 334, in prepare_files
functools.partial(self._prepare_file, finder))
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/req/req_set.py", line 321, in _walk_req_to_install
more_reqs = handler(req_to_install)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/req/req_set.py", line 505, in _prepare_file
abstract_dist.prep_for_dist()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/req/req_set.py", line 123, in prep_for_dist
self.req_to_install.run_egg_info()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/req/req_install.py", line 376, in run_egg_info
self.setup_py, self.name,
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/req/req_install.py", line 347, in setup_py
import setuptools # noqa
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/__init__.py", line 12, in <module>
from setuptools.extension import Extension
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/extension.py", line 8, in <module>
from .dist import _get_unpatched
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/dist.py", line 19, in <module>
import pkg_resources
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3138, in <module>
@_call_aside
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3124, in _call_aside
f(*args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3151, in _initialize_master_working_set
working_set = WorkingSet._build_master()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 652, in _build_master
ws = cls()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 645, in __init__
self.add_entry(entry)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 701, in add_entry
for dist in find_distributions(entry, True):
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2139, in find_on_path
path_item, entry, metadata, precedence=DEVELOP_DIST
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2521, in from_location
py_version=py_version, platform=platform, **kw
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2835, in _reload_version
md_version = _version_from_file(self._get_metadata(self.PKG_INFO))
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2486, in _version_from_file
line = next(iter(version_lines), '')
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2654, in _get_metadata
for line in self.get_metadata_lines(name):
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2030, in get_metadata_lines
return yield_lines(self.get_metadata(name))
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2025, in get_metadata
metadata = f.read()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/codecs.py", line 296, in decode
(result, consumed) = self._buffer_decode(data, self.errors, final)
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 147: invalid start byte
Here are some clues:
(i) I have the same error when I try to run Spyder. It also appears when I try to to install other packages wtih pip, pandas for example.
(ii) I have the feeling, that this is related to the default encoding since sys.getdefaultencoding gives me 'ascii'
Note that it works well if I do it in a virtualenv.
I'm new to ubuntu so I might have done someting wrong.
Setup: python 2.7.6; pip 7.1.2; ubuntu 14.04.03.
Thank you for your help.
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