Installing the zipline python package in the cloud 9 python workspace support

Question

I am trying to install python in a cloud 9 environment.

I just did below from the installation tutorial :

pip install zipline 

However, I get:

 Command python setup.py egg_info failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip_build_ubuntu/zipline Storing debug log for failure in /home/ubuntu/.pip/pip.log 

My complete log is as follows:

 ------------------------------------------------------------ /usr/bin/pip run on Tue Sep 13 06:28:52 2016 Downloading/unpacking zipline Getting page https://pypi.python.org/simple/zipline/ URLs to search for versions for zipline: * https://pypi.python.org/simple/zipline/ Analyzing links from page https://pypi.python.org/simple/zipline/ Found link https://pypi.python.org/packages/06/8e/8355df80f313706418ee9db3521c6f0578426d92b6dcddf396d58c4de2e6/zipline-1.0.2.tar.gz#md5=4c7958ad131ebbeeec7d4399bdeff12b (from https://pypi.python.org/simple/zipline/), version: 1.0.2 Found link https://pypi.python.org/packages/17/d3/8c58193ec8052d86ff67c00a285a01f646d3d53106844716090c22bba15e/zipline-0.6.0.tar.gz#md5=75d818c291df133946bb15a1b08ae0d8 (from https://pypi.python.org/simple/zipline/), version: 0.6.0 Found link https://pypi.python.org/packages/1f/8c/55ea3687c717bc532753860196222f12717201719625d043448ea94f4ff6/zipline-0.5.10.tar.gz#md5=48f394a5ea83848642d879cbeaba8342 (from https://pypi.python.org/simple/zipline/), version: 0.5.10 Found link https://pypi.python.org/packages/22/4a/affbfd183fa4133d13ecebc069bf9887c7755e531175384b57879daecfe2/zipline-0.8.3.tar.gz#md5=042ffcee614d2279add9a1bfd27a33cf (from https://pypi.python.org/simple/zipline/), version: 0.8.3 Found link https://pypi.python.org/packages/32/29/27e8b5963f1a366c95999ae420c0221f94c3622b69af02f51f7c8b57f086/zipline-0.7.0.tar.gz#md5=62d45c3c0d9a624e787b7e413937f7b4 (from https://pypi.python.org/simple/zipline/), version: 0.7.0 Found link https://pypi.python.org/packages/46/84/4e00850f8cd2809b2630348d19d1ccb18959be0d82907cef5413fef6436b/zipline-0.5.9.tar.gz#md5=b8a983ba23b0c7d4ab18a59af9055ab6 (from https://pypi.python.org/simple/zipline/), version: 0.5.9 Found link https://pypi.python.org/packages/48/fa/d7dc2e7aca9574b3e06c2d105bb268b85b54633ae8580afe4dd8d607e4be/zipline-0.5.3.tar.gz#md5=e0809b60dc3775868f35ca56d6801f62 (from https://pypi.python.org/simple/zipline/), version: 0.5.3 Found link https://pypi.python.org/packages/51/12/9e062af374e826d13e01a705b8ce9532e954d24694cf807fc699fc0978b2/zipline-0.8.1.tar.gz#md5=39a01cc0b79927122abf9f0a9aa9361d (from https://pypi.python.org/simple/zipline/), version: 0.8.1 Skipping https://pypi.python.org/packages/60/87/7d6d6bd43af11482551eb17cde392b034d7f9d5f43be6f805be51b7bef27/zipline-0.8.3-cp34-cp34m-macosx_10_10_x86_64.whl#md5=164b2ecae2d6debba9755f6cfa69633f (from https://pypi.python.org/simple/zipline/) because it is not compatible with this Python Found link https://pypi.python.org/packages/76/b7/c420885e7f7b7a664797674c85886a608ae441ae9a45631f9d997ad6392c/zipline-0.5.0.tar.gz#md5=a7cc9112ef0d028768bb80e05f4ce2b4 (from https://pypi.python.org/simple/zipline/), version: 0.5.0 Skipping https://pypi.python.org/packages/7c/c5/ad47e2ec20b9fd9e907d5e01d448c9e7dbf82b3068301566baf0c628acf9/zipline-0.8.0-cp34-cp34m-macosx_10_10_x86_64.whl#md5=c455dc96d1b409b7592ed4f7db193429 (from https://pypi.python.org/simple/zipline/) because it is not compatible with this Python Found link https://pypi.python.org/packages/7e/51/cb0336444aeb679cda1aabb6d7c264c1ae8562488503728ee0b23a5101ce/zipline-0.5.5.tar.gz#md5=dca0bb54cfe6ec7c92340e30d8f07469 (from https://pypi.python.org/simple/zipline/), version: 0.5.5 Skipping https://pypi.python.org/packages/82/2e/024769455739b6da65ccaa99fdb668acebf614e1db4e241bb4a1117efdda/zipline-0.8.0-cp27-none-macosx_10_10_x86_64.whl#md5=69bc977edb5b51e5411d04b816c00c56 (from https://pypi.python.org/simple/zipline/) because it is not compatible with this Python Found link https://pypi.python.org/packages/89/4b/c954275b6a6582c10b6e0ef80d7fe9486e269a26338b42c99795639a46d8/zipline-0.5.6.tar.gz#md5=ab0c71f227e63c61499237b0023964df (from https://pypi.python.org/simple/zipline/), version: 0.5.6 Found link https://pypi.python.org/packages/95/9e/98e2f815f3dd4e8f49b48431f4fc9ff8336270a9c77f5da147cf05b346e1/zipline-0.7.0rc1.tar.gz#md5=5963340584c1bddd446c09bfbbedd38c (from https://pypi.python.org/simple/zipline/), version: 0.7.0rc1 Found link https://pypi.python.org/packages/97/cf/75e5a64093facaf990baee15eaa2cec4bb204b73cc9aa16d2dbc020591f6/zipline-0.8.4.tar.gz#md5=b385dfee59a0b0408a8dcaae7c4c1d0e (from https://pypi.python.org/simple/zipline/), version: 0.8.4 Found link https://pypi.python.org/packages/9a/aa/5c71f400aba2586619f43b577c99c571f45cc06db3674abc063d109db018/zipline-0.5.7.tar.gz#md5=1fd26989fe73eeb4ad0bb3f997311717 (from https://pypi.python.org/simple/zipline/), version: 0.5.7 Found link https://pypi.python.org/packages/a9/5a/5b716619d4bf9b0424ff9f975f8e4bc28641b0f4ffaa57a455722bf60cff/zipline-0.5.4.tar.gz#md5=98e873cb49bbf397b4ca17f48432a9e2 (from https://pypi.python.org/simple/zipline/), version: 0.5.4 Found link https://pypi.python.org/packages/b5/52/708c93e51bb3e9b49dcdd9641e62fa5f1c60cf4172c0cf45567a2dece996/zipline-0.8.2.tar.gz#md5=2ddca99691409ebb8c85012ddbaecb19 (from https://pypi.python.org/simple/zipline/), version: 0.8.2 Found link https://pypi.python.org/packages/c2/5a/0471cad4b5b392074c78622a782c2614b5c3bab68418ae3c4315031d12be/zipline-1.0.1.tar.gz#md5=645d7df6286b16466df5ed8225fd2dc7 (from https://pypi.python.org/simple/zipline/), version: 1.0.1 Skipping https://pypi.python.org/packages/d5/34/f211a756945bc765dfeddb86d31b99b2992c123279a24c26cfd7d942575d/zipline-0.8.3-cp27-none-macosx_10_10_x86_64.whl#md5=1c87ce91a7b559b14be657c164e78c87 (from https://pypi.python.org/simple/zipline/) because it is not compatible with this Python Found link https://pypi.python.org/packages/d9/90/05ad3dc4e6fee0b890e5316113a2eea457a85928382ae7eacec346937f6c/zipline-0.6.1.tar.gz#md5=e07499447eccdfc97d57478daef4d114 (from https://pypi.python.org/simple/zipline/), version: 0.6.1 Found link https://pypi.python.org/packages/dc/e0/341e3c5775201b998bd69a81c2b47cc2b40d09c56730163f4b6a9ef4336d/zipline-0.5.2.tar.gz#md5=a99e177d7aeb780b00884119069b2f36 (from https://pypi.python.org/simple/zipline/), version: 0.5.2 Found link https://pypi.python.org/packages/df/ef/ffab7fc9bc6d4e833446a012421b470ff8c67f118a5efdbe0a593690aaa0/zipline-0.5.8.tar.gz#md5=512bb1ca2a13861c6128a852e627193f (from https://pypi.python.org/simple/zipline/), version: 0.5.8 Found link https://pypi.python.org/packages/ec/98/e46201a8c0041112c67e7563bdd0d2c2f930f037f27cf157d1210406e0d2/zipline-0.9.0.tar.gz#md5=020494f647c8f5adab3a06ddb7e42dcc (from https://pypi.python.org/simple/zipline/), version: 0.9.0 Found link https://pypi.python.org/packages/ee/b4/c445d8b4821e8a170dc46de3d058ea07b0fdc3dedce4f9692ebca408ebb6/zipline-0.5.1.tar.gz#md5=2f91b1c1081a401cee28b6f8583da150 (from https://pypi.python.org/simple/zipline/), version: 0.5.1 Found link https://pypi.python.org/packages/f3/42/449f570dca8b46edc0a65e35ce5543b6b4d1ee7b8bfebd06277b054442f7/zipline-1.0.0.tar.gz#md5=cc04ef77b46b631ea05b9953b9c6d587 (from https://pypi.python.org/simple/zipline/), version: 1.0.0 Ignoring link https://pypi.python.org/packages/95/9e/98e2f815f3dd4e8f49b48431f4fc9ff8336270a9c77f5da147cf05b346e1/zipline-0.7.0rc1.tar.gz#md5=5963340584c1bddd446c09bfbbedd38c (from https://pypi.python.org/simple/zipline/), version 0.7.0rc1 is a pre-release (use --pre to allow). Using version 1.0.2 (newest of versions: 1.0.2, 1.0.1, 1.0.0, 0.9.0, 0.8.4, 0.8.3, 0.8.2, 0.8.1, 0.7.0, 0.6.1, 0.6.0, 0.5.10, 0.5.9, 0.5.8, 0.5.7, 0.5.6, 0.5.5, 0.5.4, 0.5.3, 0.5.2, 0.5.1, 0.5.0) Downloading from URL https://pypi.python.org/packages/06/8e/8355df80f313706418ee9db3521c6f0578426d92b6dcddf396d58c4de2e6/zipline-1.0.2.tar.gz#md5=4c7958ad131ebbeeec7d4399bdeff12b (from https://pypi.python.org/simple/zipline/) Running setup.py (path:/tmp/pip_build_ubuntu/zipline/setup.py) egg_info for package zipline warning: no files found matching '*.pyx' under directory 'Cython/Debugger/Tests' warning: no files found matching '*.pxd' under directory 'Cython/Debugger/Tests' warning: no files found matching '*.h' under directory 'Cython/Debugger/Tests' warning: no files found matching '*.pxd' under directory 'Cython/Utility' Unable to find pgen, not compiling formal grammar. Installed /tmp/pip_build_ubuntu/zipline/Cython-0.24.1-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg Traceback (most recent call last): File "<string>", line 17, in <module> File "/tmp/pip_build_ubuntu/zipline/setup.py", line 300, in <module> **conditional_arguments File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/core.py", line 111, in setup _setup_distribution = dist = klass(attrs) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/dist.py", line 239, in __init__ self.fetch_build_eggs(attrs.pop('setup_requires')) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/dist.py", line 264, in fetch_build_eggs replace_conflicting=True File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 620, in resolve dist = best[req.key] = env.best_match(req, ws, installer) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 852, in best_match dist = working_set.find(req) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 503, in find raise VersionConflict(dist,req) # XXX add more info pkg_resources.VersionConflict: (numpy 1.8.2 (/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages), Requirement.parse('numpy>=1.9.2')) Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info: warning: no files found matching '*.pyx' under directory 'Cython/Debugger/Tests' warning: no files found matching '*.pxd' under directory 'Cython/Debugger/Tests' warning: no files found matching '*.h' under directory 'Cython/Debugger/Tests' warning: no files found matching '*.pxd' under directory 'Cython/Utility' Unable to find pgen, not compiling formal grammar. Installed /tmp/pip_build_ubuntu/zipline/Cython-0.24.1-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg Traceback (most recent call last): File "<string>", line 17, in <module> File "/tmp/pip_build_ubuntu/zipline/setup.py", line 300, in <module> **conditional_arguments File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/core.py", line 111, in setup _setup_distribution = dist = klass(attrs) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/dist.py", line 239, in __init__ self.fetch_build_eggs(attrs.pop('setup_requires')) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/dist.py", line 264, in fetch_build_eggs replace_conflicting=True File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 620, in resolve dist = best[req.key] = env.best_match(req, ws, installer) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 852, in best_match dist = working_set.find(req) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 503, in find raise VersionConflict(dist,req) # XXX add more info pkg_resources.VersionConflict: (numpy 1.8.2 (/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages), Requirement.parse('numpy>=1.9.2')) ---------------------------------------- Cleaning up... Removing temporary dir /tmp/pip_build_ubuntu... Command python setup.py egg_info failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip_build_ubuntu/zipline Exception information: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/basecommand.py", line 122, in main status = self.run(options, args) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/commands/install.py", line 278, in run requirement_set.prepare_files(finder, force_root_egg_info=self.bundle, bundle=self.bundle) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/req.py", line 1230, in prepare_files req_to_install.run_egg_info() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/req.py", line 326, in run_egg_info command_desc='python setup.py egg_info') File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/util.py", line 715, in call_subprocess % (command_desc, proc.returncode, cwd)) InstallationError: Command python setup.py egg_info failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip_build_ubuntu/zipline 

Any suggestions why it is not working?

I appreciate your answers!

Answer 1

As indicated in the zipline documentation , this answer uses virtualenv, in which we use pip to install and manage zipline and its dependencies.

First go to the terminal in your Cloud9 IDE to update the package lists and install the necessary dependencies and python-virtualenv :

 sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install libatlas-base-dev python-dev gfortran pkg-config libfreetype6-dev python-virtualenv 

Note that numpy is required, but unfortunately the python-numpy package in the Ubuntu 14.04 repositories is too old for zipline , so instead of pip we use pip .

Now create virtualenv in the project directory, activate virtualenv, upgrade pip and setuptools , and then install numpy and zipline :

 virtualenv venv # create a virtualenv called venv source venv/bin/activate # activate virtualenv pip install -U pip setuptools # upgrade pip and setuptools pip install numpy # install numpy pip install zipline # install zipline 

Installing pip for zipline will take some time; be patient. After you finish working in virtualenv, disable it by running:

 deactivate