Re: Cannot install pkg_resources using pip

2023-04-17 Thread Peter J. Holzer
On 2023-04-16 17:03:43 -0400, Thomas Passin wrote: > On 4/16/2023 4:42 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > > Python3-3.9.10 installed on this Slackware64-14.2 desktop. [...] > > # pip install setuptools > > bash: /usr/bin/pip: /usr/bin/python3.7: bad interpreter: No such file or > > directory > > > > There

Re: Cannot install pkg_resources using pip

2023-04-17 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 17 Apr 2023, aapost wrote: Slackware isn't as straight forward in it's management as other distros (not standardized anyway). I've used Slackware for 20 years; it's completely rationale and comfortable for me. :-) That being said, if you start from python source ... If worse came t

Re: Cannot install pkg_resources using pip [RESOLVED]

2023-04-17 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 16 Apr 2023, Rich Shepard wrote: How do I clean this up? My thanks for the suggestions and ideas you sent me on this issue. I've resolved it by not trying to build pulseaudio-equalizer. I don't need it because I learned this morning that my Yamaha CM500 headset clearly heard the Zoom a

Re: Cannot install pkg_resources using pip

2023-04-17 Thread aapost
On 4/17/23 08:45, Rich Shepard wrote: On Sun, 16 Apr 2023, Thomas Passin wrote: Slackware isn't as straight forward in it's management as other distros (not standardized anyway). If this is someone elses install I would be cautious in using any advice I am providing, as it would be better for

Re: Cannot install pkg_resources using pip

2023-04-17 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 16 Apr 2023, Thomas Passin wrote: Sorry, Rich, I've never dealt with this so someone else will have to give suggestions. Thomas, This is all new to me, too. I would try to see if there are any versions available. It could be that meson says it needs version x but only version y > x

Re: Cannot install pkg_resources using pip

2023-04-16 Thread Thomas Passin
On 4/16/2023 6:27 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: If pip has not been installed (very possible on Linux), then you will need to get it.  If python3.9 is not the system-upgraded version, then do an internet search for "linux python install pip". There's a pip website that has an installer for it. I neve

Re: Cannot install pkg_resources using pip

2023-04-16 Thread Thomas Passin
On 4/16/2023 6:34 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: On Sun, 16 Apr 2023, Rich Shepard wrote: I'll download the installer from there. But, I still cannot install the pkg_resources module that meson wants to start the build of pulseaudio-equalizer: # pip install pkg_resources ERROR: Could not find a vers

Re: Cannot install pkg_resources using pip

2023-04-16 Thread Thomas Passin
On 4/16/2023 6:27 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: On Sun, 16 Apr 2023, Thomas Passin wrote: [snip] It should have been installed with the upgrade to 3.9.10 In my experience, on Windows pip is always included but on Linux hardly ever. I have always needed to install the system installer pip packag

Re: Cannot install pkg_resources using pip

2023-04-16 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 16 Apr 2023, Rich Shepard wrote: I'll download the installer from there. But, I still cannot install the pkg_resources module that meson wants to start the build of pulseaudio-equalizer: # pip install pkg_resources ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement pkg_reso

Re: Cannot install pkg_resources using pip

2023-04-16 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 16 Apr 2023, Thomas Passin wrote: It worked then because your path found a pip script. When there are more than one Python installations, it can be unclear which one will get run, depending on how the path got set up after the last version was installed. Thomas, I probably last used p

Re: Cannot install pkg_resources using pip

2023-04-16 Thread Thomas Passin
On 4/16/2023 4:42 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: Python3-3.9.10 installed on this Slackware64-14.2 desktop. Trying to run meson to build an application I'm told it's missing pkg_resources, which is part of setuptools. The command fails: # pip install setuptools bash: /usr/bin/pip: /usr/bin/python3.7: ba

Cannot install pkg_resources using pip

2023-04-16 Thread Rich Shepard
Python3-3.9.10 installed on this Slackware64-14.2 desktop. Trying to run meson to build an application I'm told it's missing pkg_resources, which is part of setuptools. The command fails: # pip install setuptools bash: /usr/bin/pip: /usr/bin/python3.7: bad interpreter: No such file or directory