IMDbPY installation fails

Question

I am trying to install IMDbPY in all sorts of ways and keep failing. The package is not pure Python (it has a few C lines) and I suspect that the compilation is the root cause (I'm on Windows).

What I've attempted so far:

pip install imdbpy.
easy_install imdbpy.
Downloading IMDbPY-4.9.tar.gz from Pypi Package Index > IMDbPY 4.9, extracting the thing and then python setup.py install.
I've noticed that pip was trying to install the following packages: imdbpy, SQLObject, FormEncode, SQLAlchemy, decorator, Tempita. I've decided to try installing those packages one after the other by myself, starting with Tempita. I went to Pypi Package Index > Tempita, downloaded the archive, extracted and then python setup.py install. It also failed.

The output of each attempt:

`pip install imdbpy`:

Downloading/unpacking imdbpy
  Running setup.py egg_info for package imdbpy
    Created locale for: en it tr.

    warning: no previously-included files matching '*~' found anywhere in distri
bution
    no previously-included directories found matching 'CVS'
    no previously-included directories found matching '.svn'
    no previously-included directories found matching '.hg'
    warning: no previously-included files matching 'CVS' found anywhere in distr
ibution
    warning: no previously-included files matching '.svn' found anywhere in dist
ribution
Downloading/unpacking SQLObject (from imdbpy)
  Running setup.py egg_info for package SQLObject

    warning: no files found matching 'examples\*.py'
    warning: no files found matching '*.py' under directory 'tests'
Downloading/unpacking FormEncode (from imdbpy)
  Running setup.py egg_info for package FormEncode

    warning: no files found matching '*.py' under directory '.'
    no previously-included directories found matching '**\.svn'
Downloading/unpacking SQLAlchemy (from imdbpy)
  Running setup.py egg_info for package SQLAlchemy

    warning: no files found matching '*.jpg' under directory 'doc'
    warning: no files found matching 'Makefile' under directory 'doc'
    no previously-included directories found matching 'doc\build\output'
Downloading/unpacking sqlalchemy-migrate (from imdbpy)
  Running setup.py egg_info for package sqlalchemy-migrate

    warning: no files found matching '*' under directory 'tests'
    warning: no previously-included files matching '*pyc' found anywhere in dist
ribution
    warning: no previously-included files found matching '.hgtags'
    warning: no previously-included files matching '*' found under directory 'do
cs\_build'
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): lxml in c:\python27\li
b\site-packages (from imdbpy)
Downloading/unpacking decorator (from sqlalchemy-migrate->imdbpy)
  Running setup.py egg_info for package decorator

    warning: no previously-included files found matching 'Makefile'
Downloading/unpacking Tempita>=0.4 (from sqlalchemy-migrate->imdbpy)
  Running setup.py egg_info for package Tempita

Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): distribute in c:\pytho
n27\lib\site-packages\distribute-0.6.15-py2.7.egg (from sqlalchemy-migrate->imdb
py)
Installing collected packages: imdbpy, SQLObject, FormEncode, SQLAlchemy, sqlalc
hemy-migrate, decorator, Tempita
  Running setup.py install for imdbpy
    Created locale for: en it tr.
    building 'imdb.parser.sql.cutils' extension

    ====================================================================
      ERROR
      =====

      Aaargh!  An error!  An error!
      Curse my metal body, I wasn't fast enough.  It's all my fault!

      Anyway, if you were trying to build a package or install IMDbPY to your
      system, looks like we're unable to fetch or install some dependencies,
      or to compile the C module.

      The best solution is to resolve these dependencies (maybe you're
      not connected to Internet?) and/or install a C compiler.

      You may, however, go on without some optional pieces of IMDbPY;
      try re-running this script with the corresponding optional argument:

          --without-lxml        exclude lxml (speeds up 'http')
          --without-cutils      don't compile the C module (speeds up 'sql')
          --without-sqlobject   exclude SQLObject  (you need at least one of)
          --without-sqlalchemy  exclude SQLAlchemy (SQLObject or SQLAlchemy,)
                                                   (if you want to access a )
                                                   (local SQL database      )
          --without-sql         no access to SQL databases (implied if both
                                --without-sqlobject and --without-sqlalchemy
                                are used)

      Example:
          python ./setup.py --without-lxml --without-sql install

      The caught exception, is re-raise below:

    error: Unable to find vcvarsall.bat
    Complete output from command C:\Python27\python.exe -c "import setuptools;__
file__='C:\Users\yonatan\build\imdbpy\setup.py';execfile(__file__)" install
 --single-version-externally-managed --record c:\users\yonatan\appdata\local	em
p\pip-czwg98-record\install-record.txt:
    Created locale for: en it tr.

running install

running build

running build_py

copying imdb\Character.py -> build\lib.win32-2.7\imdb

copying imdb\Company.py -> build\lib.win32-2.7\imdb

copying imdb\helpers.py -> build\lib.win32-2.7\imdb

copying imdb\linguistics.py -> build\lib.win32-2.7\imdb

copying imdb\Movie.py -> build\lib.win32-2.7\imdb

copying imdb\Person.py -> build\lib.win32-2.7\imdb

copying imdb\utils.py -> build\lib.win32-2.7\imdb

copying imdb\_compat.py -> build\lib.win32-2.7\imdb

copying imdb\_exceptions.py -> build\lib.win32-2.7\imdb

copying imdb\_logging.py -> build\lib.win32-2.7\imdb

copying imdb\__init__.py -> build\lib.win32-2.7\imdb

copying imdb\locale\generatepot.py -> build\lib.win32-2.7\imdb\locale

copying imdb\locale\msgfmt.py -> build\lib.win32-2.7\imdb\locale

copying imdb\locale
ebuildmo.py -> build\lib.win32-2.7\imdb\locale

copying imdb\locale\__init__.py -> build\lib.win32-2.7\imdb\locale

copying imdb\parser\__init__.py -> build\lib.win32-2.7\imdb\parser

copying imdb\parser\http\characterParser.py -> build\lib.win32-2.7\imdb\parser\h
ttp

copying imdb\parser\http\companyParser.py -> build\lib.win32-2.7\imdb\parser\htt
p

copying imdb\parser\http\movieParser.py -> build\lib.win32-2.7\imdb\parser\http

copying imdb\parser\http\personParser.py -> build\lib.win32-2.7\imdb\parser\http


copying imdb\parser\http\searchCharacterParser.py -> build\lib.win32-2.7\imdb\pa
rser\http

copying imdb\parser\http\searchCompanyParser.py -> build\lib.win32-2.7\imdb\pars
er\http

copying imdb\parser\http\searchKeywordParser.py -> build\lib.win32-2.7\imdb\pars
er\http

copying imdb\parser\http\searchMovieParser.py -> build\lib.win32-2.7\imdb\parser
\http

copying imdb\parser\http\searchPersonParser.py -> build\lib.win32-2.7\imdb\parse
r\http

copying imdb\parser\http	opBottomParser.py -> build\lib.win32-2.7\imdb\parser\h
ttp

copying imdb\parser\http\utils.py -> build\lib.win32-2.7\imdb\parser\http

copying imdb\parser\http\__init__.py -> build\lib.win32-2.7\imdb\parser\http

copying imdb\parser\mobile\__init__.py -> build\lib.win32-2.7\imdb\parser\mobile


copying imdb\parser\sql\alchemyadapter.py -> build\lib.win32-2.7\imdb\parser\sql


copying imdb\parser\sql\dbschema.py -> build\lib.win32-2.7\imdb\parser\sql

copying imdb\parser\sql\objectadapter.py -> build\lib.win32-2.7\imdb\parser\sql

copying imdb\parser\sql\__init__.py -> build\lib.win32-2.7\imdb\parser\sql

copying imdb\parser\http\bsouplxml\bsoupxpath.py -> build\lib.win32-2.7\imdb\par
ser\http\bsouplxml

copying imdb\parser\http\bsouplxml\etree.py -> build\lib.win32-2.7\imdb\parser\h
ttp\bsouplxml

copying imdb\parser\http\bsouplxml\html.py -> build\lib.win32-2.7\imdb\parser\ht
tp\bsouplxml

copying imdb\parser\http\bsouplxml\_bsoup.py -> build\lib.win32-2.7\imdb\parser\
http\bsouplxml

copying imdb\parser\http\bsouplxml\__init__.py -> build\lib.win32-2.7\imdb\parse
r\http\bsouplxml

running build_ext

building 'imdb.parser.sql.cutils' extension



====================================================================

  ERROR

  =====



  Aaargh!  An error!  An error!

  Curse my metal body, I wasn't fast enough.  It's all my fault!



  Anyway, if you were trying to build a package or install IMDbPY to your

  system, looks like we're unable to fetch or install some dependencies,

  or to compile the C module.



  The best solution is to resolve these dependencies (maybe you're

  not connected to Internet?) and/or install a C compiler.



  You may, however, go on without some optional pieces of IMDbPY;

  try re-running this script with the corresponding optional argument:



      --without-lxml        exclude lxml (speeds up 'http')

      --without-cutils      don't compile the C module (speeds up 'sql')

      --without-sqlobject   exclude SQLObject  (you need at least one of)

      --without-sqlalchemy  exclude SQLAlchemy (SQLObject or SQLAlchemy,)

                                               (if you want to access a )

                                               (local SQL database      )

      --without-sql         no access to SQL databases (implied if both

                            --without-sqlobject and --without-sqlalchemy

                            are used)



  Example:

      python ./setup.py --without-lxml --without-sql install



  The caught exception, is re-raise below:



error: Unable to find vcvarsall.bat

----------------------------------------
Command C:\Python27\python.exe -c "import setuptools;__file__='C:\Users\yonata
n\build\imdbpy\setup.py';execfile(__file__)" install --single-version-externa
lly-managed --record c:\users\yonatan\appdata\local	emp\pip-czwg98-record\insta
ll-record.txt failed with error code 1
Storing complete log in C:\Users\yonatan\AppData\Roaming\pip\pip.log

`easy_install imdbpy`

Searching for imdbpy
Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/imdbpy/
Reading http://imdbpy.sf.net/
Reading http://imdbpy.sf.net/?page=download
Best match: IMDbPY 4.9
Downloading http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/I/IMDbPY/IMDbPY-4.9.tar.gz#md
5=5b071cd63d1804ed568741d2db8d12b5
Processing IMDbPY-4.9.tar.gz
Running IMDbPY-4.9\setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir c:\users\yonatan\appdata\loc
al	emp\easy_install-tubh5e\IMDbPY-4.9\egg-dist-tmp-nsslin
Created locale for: en it tr.
warning: no previously-included files matching '*~' found anywhere in distributi
on
no previously-included directories found matching 'CVS'
no previously-included directories found matching '.svn'
no previously-included directories found matching '.hg'
warning: no previously-included files matching 'CVS' found anywhere in distribut
ion
warning: no previously-included files matching '.svn' found anywhere in distribu
tion

====================================================================
  ERROR
  =====

  Aaargh!  An error!  An error!
  Curse my metal body, I wasn't fast enough.  It's all my fault!

  Anyway, if you were trying to build a package or install IMDbPY to your
  system, looks like we're unable to fetch or install some dependencies,
  or to compile the C module.

  The best solution is to resolve these dependencies (maybe you're
  not connected to Internet?) and/or install a C compiler.

  You may, however, go on without some optional pieces of IMDbPY;
  try re-running this script with the corresponding optional argument:

      --without-lxml        exclude lxml (speeds up 'http')
      --without-cutils      don't compile the C module (speeds up 'sql')
      --without-sqlobject   exclude SQLObject  (you need at least one of)
      --without-sqlalchemy  exclude SQLAlchemy (SQLObject or SQLAlchemy,)
                                               (if you want to access a )
                                               (local SQL database      )
      --without-sql         no access to SQL databases (implied if both
                            --without-sqlobject and --without-sqlalchemy
                            are used)

  Example:
      python ./setup.py --without-lxml --without-sql install

  The caught exception, is re-raise below:

error: Setup script exited with error: Unable to find vcvarsall.bat

`python setup.py install`

Created locale for: en it tr.

====================================================================
  ERROR
  =====

  Aaargh!  An error!  An error!
  Curse my metal body, I wasn't fast enough.  It's all my fault!

  Anyway, if you were trying to build a package or install IMDbPY to your
  system, looks like we're unable to fetch or install some dependencies,
  or to compile the C module.

  The best solution is to resolve these dependencies (maybe you're
  not connected to Internet?) and/or install a C compiler.

  You may, however, go on without some optional pieces of IMDbPY;
  try re-running this script with the corresponding optional argument:

      --without-lxml        exclude lxml (speeds up 'http')
      --without-cutils      don't compile the C module (speeds up 'sql')
      --without-sqlobject   exclude SQLObject  (you need at least one of)
      --without-sqlalchemy  exclude SQLAlchemy (SQLObject or SQLAlchemy,)
                                               (if you want to access a )
                                               (local SQL database      )
      --without-sql         no access to SQL databases (implied if both
                            --without-sqlobject and --without-sqlalchemy
                            are used)

  Example:
      python ./setup.py --without-lxml --without-sql install

  The caught exception, is re-raise below:

error in IMDbPY setup command: access to SQL databases wants to be able to remov
e imdb.parser.sql, but the distribution doesn't contain any packages or modules
under imdb.parser.sql

Trying to install Tempita with `python setup.py install`

running install
running bdist_egg
running egg_info
creating Tempita.egg-info
writing Tempita.egg-info\PKG-INFO
writing top-level names to Tempita.egg-info	op_level.txt
writing dependency_links to Tempita.egg-info\dependency_links.txt
writing manifest file 'Tempita.egg-info\SOURCES.txt'
warning: manifest_maker: standard file 'setup.py' not found

error: package directory 'tempita' does not exist

Nicola Musatti · Accepted Answer

If you're using Python 2.7 32 bit you could try out the binary package listed towards the bottom of this page.

IMDbPY installation fails

What I've attempted so far:

The output of each attempt:

`pip install imdbpy`:

`easy_install imdbpy`

`python setup.py install`

Trying to install Tempita with `python setup.py install`

Answers (2)

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pip install imdbpy:

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Trying to install Tempita with python setup.py install

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`pip install imdbpy`:

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Trying to install Tempita with `python setup.py install`