This is a truly popular question here at SO, but none of the many answers I have looked at, clearly explain what this error really mean, and why it occurs. One source of confusion, is that when (for example) you do pip install pycparser, you first get the error: Failed building wheel for pycparser which … Read more
Here are the commands I am running: $ python setup.py bdist_wheel usage: setup.py [global_opts] cmd1 [cmd1_opts] [cmd2 [cmd2_opts] …] or: setup.py –help [cmd1 cmd2 …] or: setup.py –help-commands or: setup.py cmd –help error: invalid command ‘bdist_wheel’ $ pip –version pip 1.5.6 from /usr/local/lib/python3.4/site-packages (python 3.4) $ python -c “import setuptools; print(setuptools.__version__)” 2.1 $ python –version … Read more
I’m having trouble installing a Python package on my Windows machine, and would like to install it with Christoph Gohlke’s Window binaries. (Which, to my experience, alleviated much of the fuss for many other package installations). However, only .whl files are available. http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#jpype But how do I install .whl files? Notes I’ve found documents on … Read more
