Installing python API from git

Question

I can't figure out why I can't install https://github.com/ldilley/minestat. when I do pip install git+https://github.com/ldilley/minestat, it gives a error of Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in C:\Users\Chuck\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-req-build-98h731vo\

Anyone know how to fix it?

From a quick glance, seems you just need to download or clone the repositiory. Then place minestat.py somewhere in your python path so you can import it. — busybear
it's not a pip package, you cant install it. if you want to use it then just put the minstat.py file in you projectand import from there as shown in example.py file. — sahasrara62
The repo build for python has no setup.py file. When I try your same command to install I get IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/private/var/folders/qz/smb2qbnj2bzft1w15htqhdmrzz6jc_/T/pip-req-build-abqhx9/setup.py', the setup.py missing for pip. — chickity china chinese chicken

Xion Xion · Accepted Answer · 2019-01-18T22:23:25

This may means that your setuptools are out of date. You can fix this by doing: pip install --upgrade setuptools