I'm at a bit of a loss trying to figure out where this mysterious "core" module is. FWIW, this is a hosted server where "python" is 2.4, but 2.6 is available if named. Full steps were as follows:
1) Pull down "get-pip.py" as directed wget https://raw.github.com/pypa/pip/master/contrib/get-pip.py 2) Okay, "raw.github.com" serves a cert that wget doesn't like because the cert is assigned to just "github.com" (grumble) wget --no-check-certificate https://raw.github.com/pypa/pip/master/contrib/get-pip.py 3) Run it, specifying that I want things to get installed in my home/user directory: python2.6 get-pip.py --user 4) Okay, let's get me some virutalenv (works fine) pip2.6 install --user virtualenv 5) Okay, let's get me some virutalenvwrapper pip2.6 install --user virtualenvwrapper This is where things fall over (~/.pip/pip.log output below) with the inability to import a module named "core". Where am I going wrong, or what am I missing? I have a nagging feeling that it's either a 2.4-vs-2.6 conflict, or possibly some PYTHONPATH (currently unset) issue that I missed. -tkc ---------------------------------------------------------- Downloading/unpacking virtualenvwrapper Running setup.py (path:/tmp/pip_build_tim/virtualenvwrapper/setup.py) egg_info for package virtualenvwrapper Installed /tmp/pip_build_tim/virtualenvwrapper/pbr-0.10.0-py2.6.egg Searching for pip Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/pip/ Best match: pip 1.5.6 Downloading https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pip/pip-1.5.6.tar.gz#md5=01026f87978932060cc86c1dc527903e Processing pip-1.5.6.tar.gz Running pip-1.5.6/setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir /tmp/easy_install-CcQHLI/pip-1.5.6/egg-dist-tmp-8B3Dq1 warning: no files found matching 'pip/cacert.pem' warning: no files found matching '*.html' under directory 'docs' warning: no previously-included files matching '*.rst' found under directory 'docs/_build' no previously-included directories found matching 'docs/_build/_sources' Installed /tmp/pip_build_tim/virtualenvwrapper/pip-1.5.6-py2.6.egg /usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg/setuptools/dist.py:245: UserWarning: Module pbr was already imported from /tmp/easy_install-7dd_Tz/pbr-0.10.0/pbr/__init__.py, but /tmp/pip_build_tim/virtualenvwrapper/pbr-0.10.0-py2.6.egg is being added to sys.path Traceback (most recent call last): File "<string>", line 17, in <module> File "/tmp/pip_build_tim/virtualenvwrapper/setup.py", line 7, in <module> pbr=True, File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/distutils/core.py", line 113, in setup _setup_distribution = dist = klass(attrs) File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools/dist.py", line 223, in __init__ File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/distutils/dist.py", line 270, in __init__ self.finalize_options() File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools/dist.py", line 256, in finalize_options File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/pkg_resources.py", line 1913, in load ImportError: No module named core Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info: Installed /tmp/pip_build_tim/virtualenvwrapper/pbr-0.10.0-py2.6.egg Searching for pip Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/pip/ Best match: pip 1.5.6 Downloading https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pip/pip-1.5.6.tar.gz#md5=01026f87978932060cc86c1dc527903e Processing pip-1.5.6.tar.gz Running pip-1.5.6/setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir /tmp/easy_install-CcQHLI/pip-1.5.6/egg-dist-tmp-8B3Dq1 warning: no files found matching 'pip/cacert.pem' warning: no files found matching '*.html' under directory 'docs' warning: no previously-included files matching '*.rst' found under directory 'docs/_build' no previously-included directories found matching 'docs/_build/_sources' Installed /tmp/pip_build_tim/virtualenvwrapper/pip-1.5.6-py2.6.egg /usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg/setuptools/dist.py:245: UserWarning: Module pbr was already imported from /tmp/easy_install-7dd_Tz/pbr-0.10.0/pbr/__init__.py, but /tmp/pip_build_tim/virtualenvwrapper/pbr-0.10.0-py2.6.egg is being added to sys.path Traceback (most recent call last): File "<string>", line 17, in <module> File "/tmp/pip_build_tim/virtualenvwrapper/setup.py", line 7, in <module> pbr=True, File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/distutils/core.py", line 113, in setup _setup_distribution = dist = klass(attrs) File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools/dist.py", line 223, in __init__ File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/distutils/dist.py", line 270, in __init__ self.finalize_options() File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools/dist.py", line 256, in finalize_options File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/pkg_resources.py", line 1913, in load ImportError: No module named core ---------------------------------------- Cleaning up... Command python setup.py egg_info failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip_build_tim/virtualenvwrapper Storing debug log for failure in /home/tim/.pip/pip.log -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list