My Ubuntu 10.04 came with Python 2.6. Now, I also installed Python 2.7, which is the system default now because when I start python from the terminal, it starts python 2.7. Now, I want to install the library pysftp using pip, but I'm having a hard time doing so. Below follow some results of my attempts and conclusions. I did pip install pysftp, but it says the following: Downloading/unpacking pysftp Running setup.py egg_info for package pysftp Traceback (most recent call last): File "<string>", line 3, in <module> File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/setuptools/__init__.py", line 12, in <module> from setuptools.extension import Extension File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/setuptools/extension.py", line 8, in <module> from .dist import _get_unpatched File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/setuptools/dist.py", line 21, in <module> packaging = pkg_resources.packaging AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'packaging' Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info: Traceback (most recent call last): File "<string>", line 3, in <module> File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/setuptools/__init__.py", line 12, in <module> from setuptools.extension import Extension File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/setuptools/extension.py", line 8, in <module> from .dist import _get_unpatched File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/setuptools/dist.py", line 21, in <module> packaging = pkg_resources.packaging AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'packaging' ---------------------------------------- Command python setup.py egg_info failed with error code 1 Storing complete log in ./pip-log.txt It seems to me that pip (which was obviously installed before Python 2.7 was installed) links to the old version of Python, which doesn't support pysftp. Also because when I do pip --version it says: pip 0.3.1 from /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages (python 2.6) When I do whereis python, it gives me the following information: python: /usr/src/Python-2.7.10/python /usr/bin/python2.6 /usr/bin/python /etc/python2.6 /etc/python /usr/lib/python2.6 /usr/lib/python3.1 /usr/lib64/python2.6 /usr/lib64/python3.1 /usr/local/bin/python2.7-config /usr/local/bin/python /usr/local/bin/python2.7 /usr/local/lib/python2.6 /usr/local/lib/python2.7 /usr/include/python2.6 /usr/share/python /usr/share/man/man1/python.1.gz How can I install pysftp? Continue reading...
