Buildozer setup.py fails with Module ImportError

[prometx]

Hi,

trying to setup Buildozer like so:

"# latest dev
git clone git://github.com/kivy/buildozer
cd buildozer
sudo python2.7 setup.py install"

On install attempt Python reports:

"Traceback (most recent call last):
File "setup.py", line 5, in
from setuptools import setup
ImportError: No module named setuptools"

This is on Ubuntu 14.04, 64bit

Is this module not "packaged" with Buildozer? Please let me know what you think when you have a moment.

Thanks!

[inclement]

This error means setuptools is (apparently) not available in the python installation you are using. You should install it - see here, though it's probably in your distro's package manager assuming that's how you installed python.

This isn't anything to do with buildozer though, setuptools is a separate module - it's worth having anyway because it's very frequently useful for installing stuff.

[prometx]

Inclement, solved. thanks!

[minglethepringle]

@prometx How did you solve it? I removed setuptools and installed it again via wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/ez_setup.py -O - | sudo python. It still gives the same error!

[minglethepringle]

@inclement I followed those exact instructions on the link that you put. I can confirm setuptools is there (I did sudo easy_install --help and it worked), but buildozer is still giving the same error.

[minglethepringle]

@inclement Edit: If I go to the Python shell and type from setuptools import setup it's successful! Now I'm confused why setuptools is fine on Python but not Buildozer.

Edit #2: Also, i'm not installing Buildozer. I already got that installed. I'm just trying to build my project with buildozer -v android debug

[inclement]

@iiDatKat Your problem is unrelated to this old issue. Please open a new issue with the full details and log of the failed build.

[minglethepringle]

@inclement Yep, understood. I see you're helping me on StackOverflow (@mingleli), so I'll just do it on there. However, I'll post a new issue anyway.