J'essaie d'installer le package python rpy2 avec installation pip sur Ubuntu 16.04 :
pip install rpy2==2.2.7
mais obtenez un message d'erreur (voir la sortie complète ci-dessous):
Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip-build-EuOI6K/unroll/
 La même chose se produit avec d'autres packages, comme pip install unroll , ou en utilisant pip2 . Je pensais que ce message était le même problème, mais là, il est résolu en utilisant sudo.
Solutions essayées
 J'ai essayé des solutions dans ce post, comme :pip install --upgrade setuptools , (sudo) easy_install -U setuptools , ou sudo apt-get install python-setuptools , mais en vain.
infos python/pip
Quelqu'un a suggéré que j'aurais peut-être une installation python/pip bizarre, voici quelques informations :
sudo which python pip pip2 | xargs -rd 'n' readlink -f 
/usr/bin/python2.7   
/usr/local/bin/pip  
/usr/local/bin/pip2  
sudo python --version   
Python 2.7.12  
sudo pip --version  
pip 9.0.1 from /home/matifou/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages (python 2.7)  
/usr/bin/pip2 --version  
pip 8.1.1 from /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages (python 2.7)
ls -l $(which pip); dpkg -S /usr/bin/pip
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 204 Nov  8 16:24 /usr/local/bin/pip
python-pip: /usr/bin/pip
Sortie d'erreur complète
pip install rpy2==2.2.7  
Collecting rpy2==2.2.7   Using cached rpy2-2.2.7.tar.gz  
    Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
    running egg_info
    creating pip-egg-info/rpy2.egg-info
    writing pip-egg-info/rpy2.egg-info/PKG-INFO
    writing top-level names to pip-egg-info/rpy2.egg-info/top_level.txt
    writing dependency_links to pip-egg-info/rpy2.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
    writing manifest file 'pip-egg-info/rpy2.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "", line 1, in 
      File "/tmp/pip-build-EkrbmM/rpy2/setup.py", line 462, in 
        [os.path.join('doc', 'source', 'rpy2_logo.png')])],
      File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/core.py", line 151, in setup
        dist.run_commands()
      File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 953, in run_commands
        self.run_command(cmd)
      File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 972, in run_command
        cmd_obj.run()
      File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/egg_info.py",
line 280, in run
        self.find_sources()
      File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/egg_info.py",
line 295, in find_sources
        mm.run()
      File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/egg_info.py",
line 526, in run
        self.add_defaults()
      File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/egg_info.py",
line 562, in add_defaults
        sdist.add_defaults(self)
      File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/py36compat.py",
line 36, in add_defaults
        self._add_defaults_ext()
      File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/py36compat.py",
line 119, in _add_defaults_ext
        build_ext = self.get_finalized_command('build_ext')
      File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/cmd.py", line 312, in get_finalized_command
        cmd_obj.ensure_finalized()
      File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/cmd.py", line 109, in ensure_finalized
        self.finalize_options()
      File "/tmp/pip-build-EkrbmM/rpy2/setup.py", line 155, in finalize_options
        config += get_rconfig(r_home, about)
      File "/tmp/pip-build-EkrbmM/rpy2/setup.py", line 319, in get_rconfig
        rc = RConfig.from_string(rconfig, allow_empty = allow_empty)
      File "/tmp/pip-build-EkrbmM/rpy2/setup.py", line 279, in from_string
        + 'nin stringn' + string)
    ValueError: Invalid substring
    -fopenmp
    in string
    -Wl,--export-dynamic -fopenmp -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -Wl,-z,relro -L/usr/lib/R/lib -lR -lpcre -llzma -lbz2 -lz -lrt -ldl -lm
Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip-build-EkrbmM/rpy2/
pip install unroll
Collecting unroll   Using cached unroll-0.1.0.tar.gz
    Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
    Downloading http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/d/distribute/distribute-0.6.14.tar.gz
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "", line 1, in 
      File "/tmp/pip-build-QimGjp/unroll/setup.py", line 2, in 
        ez_setup.use_setuptools()
      File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ez_setup.py", line 145, in use_setuptools
        return _do_download(version, download_base, to_dir, download_delay)
      File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ez_setup.py", line 124, in _do_download
        to_dir, download_delay)
      File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ez_setup.py", line 193, in download_setuptools
        src = urlopen(url)
      File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 154, in urlopen
        return opener.open(url, data, timeout)
      File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 435, in open
        response = meth(req, response)
      File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 548, in http_response
        'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
      File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 473, in error
        return self._call_chain(*args)
      File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 407, in _call_chain
        result = func(*args)
      File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 556, in http_error_default
        raise HTTPError(req.get_full_url(), code, msg, hdrs, fp)
    urllib2.HTTPError: HTTP Error 403: SSL is required
Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in tmp/pip-
build-QimGjp/unroll/ Réponse acceptée :
Mettre à niveau setuptools en utilisant pip 
 
 La version de python-setuptools dans le référentiel de packages d'Ubuntu 16.04 LTS est obsolète / non maintenu. Mettez-le à niveau avec pip au lieu de compter sur le gestionnaire de paquets :
$ sudo pip install --upgrade setuptools