easy install pylint

In february 2009, pylint became easy_installable. Just try

$ easy_install pylint

For those interested in pylint's history, let it be known that the first easy_installation of pylint was provided by Tarek Ziade under the name logilab.pylintinstaller (commands were 'easy_install http://release.ingeniweb.com/third-party-dist/logilab.installer-0.1.tgz' or 'easy_install logilab.pylintinstaller')

Comments

2008/10/02 12:58, written by anon | reply to this comment

Ops, it'b broken
Downloading http://release.ingeniweb.com/third-party-dist/logilab.installer-0.1.tgz
Processing logilab.installer-0.1.tgz
Running logilab.installer/setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir /tmp/easy_install-mRJqpK/logilab.installer/egg-dist-tmp-l9CyMJ
logilab.installer 0.1dev is already the active version in easy-install.pth

Installed /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/logilab.installer-0.1dev-py2.5.egg
Processing dependencies for logilab.installer==0.1dev
Searching for pylint==0.14
Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/pylint/
Reading http://www.logilab.org/project/name/pylint
Reading http://www.logilab.org/projects/pylint
No local packages or download links found for pylint==0.14
error: Could not find suitable distribution for Requirement.parse('pylint==0.14')
2008/11/21 18:47, written by anon | reply to this comment

use instead:
$ easy_install logilab.pylintinstaller

cheers, Tarek
- 2008/12/02 11:11, written by anon | reply to this comment
  
  Still broken,
  
  On windows, python 2.5.2, it reads:
  error: Setup script exited with error: file 'bin\epylint.bat' does not exist
  - 2008/12/05 11:02, written by anon | reply to this comment
    
    Same with V2.4.3 on windows. Very bad news :-(
    - 2008/12/05 11:04, written by anon | reply to this comment
      
      sorry, with better trace error:
      copying .\test\rpythoninput\__init__.py -> build\lib\pylint\test\rpythoninput
      package init file '.\test\__init__.py' not found (or not a regular file)
      running build_scripts
      creating build\scripts-2.4
      copying bin\pylint.bat -> build\scripts-2.4
      copying bin\pylint-gui.bat -> build\scripts-2.4
      copying bin\symilar.bat -> build\scripts-2.4
      error: file 'bin\epylint.bat' does not exist
      
      build script exit and next steps fails
      - 2008/12/05 11:17, written by anon | reply to this comment
        
        As I am a smart guy, a fix is:
        Remove "epylint" in the file __pkginfo__.py ligne 53 we don't care of the doc :-p
        Thanks to Stephan
        
        2009/02/23 03:32, written by anon | reply to this comment
        
        I followed you advice. Now I get this message:
        error: Setup script exited with error: file 'bin\pylint.bat' does not exist
        MORE INFO:
        
        Extracting pylint-0.16.0-py2.5.egg to c:\python25\lib\site-packages
        File "c:\python25\lib\site-packages\pylint-0.16.0-py2.5.egg\pylint\test\input\func_continue_not_in_loop.py", line 8
            continue
        SyntaxError: 'continue' not properly in loop
        
        File "c:\python25\lib\site-packages\pylint-0.16.0-py2.5.egg\pylint\test\input\func_return_outside_func.py", line 3
            return
        SyntaxError: 'return' outside function
        
        SyntaxError: ("'return' with argument inside generator",)
        
        SyntaxError: ("'return' with argument inside generator",)
        
        File "c:\python25\lib\site-packages\pylint-0.16.0-py2.5.egg\pylint\test\input\func_syntax_error.py", line 1
            def toto
        
        ^
        SyntaxError: invalid syntax
        
        File "c:\python25\lib\site-packages\pylint-0.16.0-py2.5.egg\pylint\test\input\func_unknown_encoding.py", line 0
        SyntaxError: ('unknown encoding: IBO-8859-1', ('c:\\python25\\lib\\site-packages\\pylint-0.16.0-py2.5.egg\\pylint\\test\\input\\func_unknown_encoding.py',
        0, 0, None))
        
        File "c:\python25\lib\site-packages\pylint-0.16.0-py2.5.egg\pylint\test\input\func_w0705.py", line 28
            __revision__ += 1
        SyntaxError: default 'except:' must be last
        
        File "c:\python25\lib\site-packages\pylint-0.16.0-py2.5.egg\pylint\test\input\func_yield_outside_func.py", line 3
            yield 1
        SyntaxError: 'yield' outside function
        
        File "c:\python25\lib\site-packages\pylint-0.16.0-py2.5.egg\pylint\test\input\func___future___import_not_first_stmt.py", line 4
            from __future__ import generators
        SyntaxError: from __future__ imports must occur at the beginning of the file
        
        pylint 0.16.0 is already the active version in easy-install.pth
        Installing epylint.bat script to C:\Python25\Scripts
        Installing pylint-gui.bat script to C:\Python25\Scripts
        Installing pylint.bat script to C:\Python25\Scripts
        Installing pyreverse.bat script to C:\Python25\Scripts
        Installing symilar.bat script to C:\Python25\Scripts
        
        Installed c:\python25\lib\site-packages\pylint-0.16.0-py2.5.egg
        Processing dependencies for pylint==0.16.0
        Searching for logilab-common
        Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/logilab-common/
        Reading http://www.logilab.org/project/logilab-common
        Best match: logilab-common 0.38.0
        Downloading http://ftp.logilab.org/pub/common/logilab-common-0.38.0.tar.gz
        Processing logilab-common-0.38.0.tar.gz
        Running logilab-common-0.38.0\setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir c:\docume~1\robert~1\locals~1\temp\easy_install-vpcx3q\logilab-common-0.38.0\egg-dist-tmp-xg
        ea8u
        package init file '.\test\__init__.py' not found (or not a regular file)
        warning: no files found matching '*' under directory 'doc\html'
        Creating missing __init__.py for pylint.test
        error: Setup script exited with error: file 'bin\pylint.bat' does not exist
        
        2009/02/23 09:48, written by nchauvat | reply to this comment
        
        Very few people read comments here. If you want your problem to be solved quickly, use the main communication channel, which is the mailing list: http://lists.logilab.org/mailman/listinfo/python-projects
  - 2008/12/21 02:58, written by anon | reply to this comment
    
    I'm not sure if this is all correct, it works without error message.
    Create a new file "epylint.bat" with the following content:
    @echo off rem = """-*-Python-*- script rem -------------------- DOS section -------------------- rem You could set PYTHONPATH or TK environment variables here python -x %~f0 %* goto exit """ # -------------------- Python section -------------------- import re import sys from popen2 import popen3 p, _in, _err = popen3("pylint -f parseable -r n --disable-msg-cat=C,R %s" % sys.argv[1]) for line in p: match = re.search("\\[([WE])(, (.+?))?\\]", line) if match: kind = match.group(1) func = match.group(3) if kind == "W": msg = "Warning" else: msg = "Error" if func: line = re.sub("\\[([WE])(, (.+?))?\\]", "%s (%s):" % (msg, func), line) else: line = re.sub("\\[([WE])?\\]", "%s:" % msg, line) print line, p.close() DosExitLabel = """ :exit rem """
    - 2008/12/21 02:59, written by anon | reply to this comment
      
      I'm not sure if this is all correct, it works without error message.
      
      Create a new file "epylint.bat" with the following content:
      
      @echo off
      rem = """-*-Python-*- script
      rem -------------------- DOS section --------------------
      rem You could set PYTHONPATH or TK environment variables here
      python -x %~f0 %*
      goto exit
      
      """
      # -------------------- Python section --------------------
      import re
      import sys
      
      from popen2 import popen3
      
      p, _in, _err = popen3("pylint -f parseable -r n --disable-msg-cat=C,R %s" % sys.argv[1])
      
      for line in p:
          match = re.search("\\[([WE])(, (.+?))?\\]", line)
          if match:
              kind = match.group(1)
              func = match.group(3)
      
              if kind == "W":
                 msg = "Warning"
              else:
                 msg = "Error"
      
              if func:
                  line = re.sub("\\[([WE])(, (.+?))?\\]",
                                "%s (%s):" % (msg, func), line)
              else:
                  line = re.sub("\\[([WE])?\\]", "%s:" % msg, line)
          print line,
      
      p.close()
      
      DosExitLabel = """
      :exit
      rem """
2009/02/13 19:45, written by anon | reply to this comment

I attempted today to install pylint using $ easy_install logilab.pylintinstaller on a Windows box with Python 2.5.4 and consistently get an error.
error: The directory is not empty <built-in function rmdir> c:\users\chaim\appdata\local\temp\easy_install-s9ajqd\pylint-0.15.2\build\bdist.win32\egg\pylint\test\messages
The directory changes, but the error is always the same.
I have also tried $ python setup.py install using version 0.16.0 and get errors as well. I can provide a logfile if that helps.
-Chaim Krause chaim at chaim dot com
- 2009/03/09 01:24, written by anon | reply to this comment
  
  I've also just tried installing on Windows XP, with Python 2.5.4 as my base, and get lots of errors during the install.
  WTF????
  
  Processing pylint-0.16.0-py2.5.egg
  creating c:\python25\lib\site-packages\pylint-0.16.0-py2.5.egg
  Extracting pylint-0.16.0-py2.5.egg to c:\python25\lib\site-packages
  File "c:\python25\lib\site-packages\pylint-0.16.0-py2.5.egg\pylint\test\input\func_continue_not_in_loop.py", line 8
  continue
  SyntaxError: 'continue' not properly in loop
  
  File "c:\python25\lib\site-packages\pylint-0.16.0-py2.5.egg\pylint\test\input\func_return_outside_func.py", line 3
  return
  SyntaxError: 'return' outside function
  
  SyntaxError: ("'return' with argument inside generator",)
  
  SyntaxError: ("'return' with argument inside generator",)
  
  File "c:\python25\lib\site-packages\pylint-0.16.0-py2.5.egg\pylint\test\input\func_syntax_error.py", line 1
  def toto
  
  ^
  SyntaxError: invalid syntax
  
  File "c:\python25\lib\site-packages\pylint-0.16.0-py2.5.egg\pylint\test\input\func_unknown_encoding.py", line 0
  SyntaxError: ('unknown encoding: IBO-8859-1', ('c:\\python25\\lib\\site-packages\\pylint-0.16.0-py2.5.egg\\pylint\\test\\input\\func_unknown_encoding.
  py', 0, 0, None))
  
  File "c:\python25\lib\site-packages\pylint-0.16.0-py2.5.egg\pylint\test\input\func_w0705.py", line 28
  __revision__ += 1
  SyntaxError: default 'except:' must be last
  
  File "c:\python25\lib\site-packages\pylint-0.16.0-py2.5.egg\pylint\test\input\func_yield_outside_func.py", line 3
  yield 1
  SyntaxError: 'yield' outside function
  
  File "c:\python25\lib\site-packages\pylint-0.16.0-py2.5.egg\pylint\test\input\func___future___import_not_first_stmt.py", line 4
  from __future__ import generators
  SyntaxError: from __future__ imports must occur at the beginning of the file
  
  Adding pylint 0.16.0 to easy-install.pth file
  Installing epylint.bat script to C:\PYTHON25\Scripts
  Installing pylint-gui.bat script to C:\PYTHON25\Scripts
  Installing pylint.bat script to C:\PYTHON25\Scripts
  Installing pyreverse.bat script to C:\PYTHON25\Scripts
  Installing symilar.bat script to C:\PYTHON25\Scripts
  
  Installed c:\python25\lib\site-packages\pylint-0.16.0-py2.5.egg
  Processing dependencies for pylint==0.16.0
  Searching for logilab-astng==0.17.4
  Best match: logilab-astng 0.17.4
  Adding logilab-astng 0.17.4 to easy-install.pth file
  
  Using c:\python25\lib\site-packages
  Searching for logilab-common==0.38.1
  Best match: logilab-common 0.38.1
  Processing logilab_common-0.38.1-py2.5.egg
  logilab-common 0.38.1 is already the active version in easy-install.pth
  Installing pytest.bat script to C:\PYTHON25\Scripts
  
  Using c:\python25\lib\site-packages\logilab_common-0.38.1-py2.5.egg
  Finished processing dependencies for pylint==0.16.0
  - 2009/03/09 17:03, written by anon | reply to this comment
    
    I have just gotten the same experience with my XP.
    If someone has actually solved this issue, help would be much appreciated.
    - 2009/03/09 17:29, written by anon | reply to this comment
      
      Have you tried ignoring the errors and running
      
      easy_install logilab-common
      
      easy_install logilab-astng
      
      as described on http://lists.logilab.org/pipermail/python-projects/2009-March/001707.html (and filed on https://www.logilab.net/elo/ticket/8337)
      
      (See also http://lists.logilab.org/pipermail/python-projects/2009-March/001743.html)
2009/07/21 19:38, written by anon | reply to this comment

That worked great for me with Python 2.5, Pylint 0.18, on Vista SP2.

That is much better then before. Should make sure that Windows user know about this before they try and install.
2009/08/21 14:07, written by anon | reply to this comment

well, this looks interesting, but like much open source software, documentation leaves a lot to be desired. WTF is "easy_install"?
- 2009/08/21 14:30, written by sthenault | reply to this comment
  
  have you ever tried a great web site named "google" ?
  
  http://www.google.com/search?q=easy_install
  - 2009/08/22 08:55, written by anon | reply to this comment
    
    The existence of google does not excuse lack of documentation but for anything other than a single shell line. It would appear that "easy_install" is some sort of python script installer, that is, in and of itself, fairly difficult to get installed into a functional state.
    
    Every day I try and use more open source software, that I am not directly involved with in the creation of, I realise more and more, that nearly all of it is fucking garbage, and if the software itself isn't fucking garbage, the user interface is fucking garbage.
    
    Read this page, from the vantage point of a user that has an extensive knowledge of python, and nothing else that is discussed on it. See if you can understand it. At all.
    - 2009/08/22 08:59, written by anon | reply to this comment
      
      ok, i guess level of difficulty is somewhat subjective - when i googled for "easy_install" and "windows", i got a hit that describes the process as complicated. I didn't actually load the page and read through it because it's a ridiculously long page that tells you how to set your damn path variable. Still, a single line of documentation for "how to install" that consists entirely of a single shell line, is absolutely inexcuseable.
      - 2009/08/22 09:01, written by anon | reply to this comment
        
        ... add to that that there is no version of setuptools for python 2.6. So, where's the "long" install instructions?
        
        2009/08/22 20:37, written by nchauvat | reply to this comment
        
        http://www.logilab.org/project/pylint has a green box that says "download" in the top right corner. Download, untar, run. The dependencies you need to install are logilab-common and logilab-astng.
      - 2010/11/11 02:02, written by anon | reply to this comment
        
        I agree. Ridiculous. I am trying to install lint for wing editor on windows XP.
        I hand installed the 3 modules lint is dependent on and still no luck.
        I even did some of the recommended windows hacks that involve editing the
        pylint and pylint.bat files within the C:\python26\scripts folder.
        
        2010/11/11 09:19, written by tartley | reply to this comment
        
        Hey there,
        
        I don't think it's fair of you to criticise logilab for not documenting how to install somebody else's tool.
        
        If you want to find out how to install easy_install, then like the man says, you should use Google to find the easy_install page, and read their documentation.
        
        Although, as you note, the setuptools page is a long one, the section on 'installing on windows' consists of three sentences. There are binaries there for windows which you can just download and double-click.
        
        'easy_install' is one of the most fundamental tools in the Python world. The logilab people are assuming that everyone knows about it because to be a Python programmer, you have to know about it - and now you do! So welcome aboard.
        
        Let us know if you have any more specific questions.
2009/10/11 15:00, written by paranoidi | reply to this comment

Tried installing under python 2.5 (virtualenv)

Best match: pylint 0.15.2
Downloading http://ftp.logilab.org/pub/pylint/pylint-0.15.2.tar.gz
Processing pylint-0.15.2.tar.gz
Running pylint-0.15.2/setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir /tmp/easy_install-uj0rWy/pylint-0.15.2/egg-dist-tmp-fa5Bcm
package init file './test/__init__.py' not found (or not a regular file)
SyntaxError: ("'return' with argument inside generator",)

File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/pylint/test/input/func_return_outside_func.py", line 3
return
SyntaxError: 'return' outside function

File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/pylint/test/input/func_yield_outside_func.py", line 3
yield 1
SyntaxError: 'yield' outside function

File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/pylint/test/input/func_w0705.py", line 28
__revision__ += 1
SyntaxError: default 'except:' must be last

SyntaxError: ("'return' with argument inside generator",)

File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/pylint/test/input/func___future___import_not_first_stmt.py", line 4
from __future__ import generators
SyntaxError: from __future__ imports must occur at the beginning of the file

File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/pylint/test/input/func_unknown_encoding.py", line 0
SyntaxError: ('unknown encoding: IBO-8859-1', ('build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/pylint/test/input/func_unknown_encoding.py', 0, 0, None))

File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/pylint/test/input/func_continue_not_in_loop.py", line 8
continue
SyntaxError: 'continue' not properly in loop

File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/pylint/test/input/func_syntax_error.py", line 1
def toto

^

however installation seems to work fine ...
- 2009/10/12 08:52, written by afayolle | reply to this comment
  
  The failures reported are tests data, used to validate pylint. They are not
  supposed to be byte compiled.
  - 2009/10/12 09:50, written by anon | reply to this comment
    
    Yeah, I thought that something like that is going on ... however from installers point of view this looks like a installation failure. Perhaps packaging could use some fixing ...
2009/11/28 13:31, written by tartley | reply to this comment

Hey, you probably know this already, but 'pip install pylint' grabs an old version of logilab-common (0.44). Just a heads-up in case this isn't deliberate. Thanks!
2010/06/29 16:03, written by anon | reply to this comment

easy_install doesn't seem to work w/ the latest version of Pylint:
$ pylint
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/pylint", line 5, in <module>
pkg_resources.run_script('pylint==0.21.1', 'pylint')
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 448, in run_script
self.require(requires)[0].run_script(script_name, ns)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 1160, in run_script
raise ResolutionError("No script named %r" % script_name)
pkg_resources.ResolutionError: No script named 'pylint'

Using pylint 0.21.1, setuptools-0.6c11-py2.6, python 2..6.4, Ubuntu 9.10
2010/06/29 16:26, written by anon | reply to this comment

Upon further inspection, the problem appears to have been a permissions problem since I did 'sudo easy_install pylint'.

Do the following to fix permissions (at least in Ubuntu):

sudo chmod -R a+r /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/

sudo find /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/ -type d -exec chmod a+x {} \;
- 2010/06/29 16:34, written by acampeas | reply to this comment
  
  Installing anything like this on ubuntu/debian begs for complications later, as it will mess with properly managed packages.
  
  Rather, use the --prefix option to force installation on your personnal home directory.
  - 2010/06/29 16:39, written by acampeas | reply to this comment
    
    oh ... that was /usr/local after all
2010/09/07 14:04, written by anon | reply to this comment

Sorry, but the link to http://release.ingeniweb.com/third-party-dist/logilab.installer-0.1.tgz seems not work...
- 2010/09/07 16:08, written by sthenault | reply to this comment
  
  logilab.installer isn't needed anymore since pylint is directly easy installable.
  - 2011/04/05 15:55, written by anon | reply to this comment
    
    hmmm... doesn't seem so... or am I doing something wrong?
    jjarosz@output:~/jython252/bin$ ./easy_install-2.5 pylint
    Processing pylint
    error: Not a recognized archive type: pylint
    jjarosz@output:~/jython252/bin$
  - 2011/04/05 15:55, written by anon | reply to this comment
    
    hmmm... doesn't seem so... or am I doing something wrong?
    jjarosz@output:~/jython252/bin$ ./easy_install-2.5 pylint
    Processing pylint
    error: Not a recognized archive type: pylint
    jjarosz@output:~/jython252/bin$

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