easy_install from source gives error ...

[rupert thurner]

# easy_install --prefix /opt/csw/testing http://trac-hacks.org/svn/masterticketsplugin/0.11/
Downloading http://trac-hacks.org/svn/masterticketsplugin/0.11/
Doing subversion checkout from http://trac-hacks.org/svn/masterticketsplugin/0.11/ to /tmp/easy_install-pc9DLo/0.11
Processing 0.11
Running setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir /tmp/easy_install-pc9DLo/0.11/egg-dist-tmp-qJtWw7
zip_safe flag not set; analyzing archive contents...
TracMasterTickets 2.1.1 is already the active version in easy-install.pth

Installed /opt/csw/testing/lib/python2.5/site-packages/TracMasterTickets-2.1.1-py2.5.egg
Processing dependencies for TracMasterTickets==2.1.1
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/opt/csw/bin/easy_install", line 8, in <module>
    load_entry_point('setuptools==0.6c7', 'console_scripts', 'easy_install')()
  File "/opt/csw/lib/python/site-packages/easy_install.py", line 1670, in main

  File "/opt/csw/lib/python/site-packages/easy_install.py", line 1659, in with_ei_usage

  File "/opt/csw/lib/python/site-packages/easy_install.py", line 1674, in <lambda>

  File "/opt/csw/lib/python/distutils/core.py", line 151, in setup
    dist.run_commands()
  File "/opt/csw/lib/python/distutils/dist.py", line 974, in run_commands
    self.run_command(cmd)
  File "/opt/csw/lib/python/distutils/dist.py", line 994, in run_command
    cmd_obj.run()
  File "/opt/csw/lib/python/site-packages/easy_install.py", line 211, in run

  File "/opt/csw/lib/python/site-packages/easy_install.py", line 422, in easy_install

  File "/opt/csw/lib/python/site-packages/easy_install.py", line 473, in install_item

  File "/opt/csw/lib/python/site-packages/easy_install.py", line 519, in process_distribution

  File "/opt/csw/lib/python/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 529, in resolve
    requirements.extend(dist.requires(req.extras)[::-1])
  File "/opt/csw/lib/python/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2107, in requires
    dm = self._dep_map
  File "/opt/csw/lib/python/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2099, in _dep_map
    for extra,reqs in split_sections(self._get_metadata(name)):
  File "/opt/csw/lib/python/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2518, in split_sections
    for line in yield_lines(s):
  File "/opt/csw/lib/python/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 1813, in yield_lines
    for ss in strs:
  File "/opt/csw/lib/python/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2121, in _get_metadata
    for line in self.get_metadata_lines(name):
  File "/opt/csw/lib/python/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 1140, in get_metadata_lines
    return yield_lines(self.get_metadata(name))
  File "/opt/csw/lib/python/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 1137, in get_metadata
    return self._get(self._fn(self.egg_info,name))
  File "/opt/csw/lib/python/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 1195, in _get
    return self.loader.get_data(path)
zipimport.ZipImportError: bad local file header in /opt/csw/testing/lib/python2.5/site-packages/TracMasterTickets-2.1.1-py2.5.egg

[Ryan J Ollos]

Closing since this is a very old ​t:InstallationIssue.