IndexError: list index out of range

[inspiralpatterns]

Here is the error code resulting from pip install mecab-python3:

Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
    sh: 1: mecab-config: not found
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
      File "/tmp/pip-install-csKl_P/mecab-python3/setup.py", line 41, in <module>
        include_dirs=cmd2("mecab-config --inc-dir"),
      File "/tmp/pip-install-csKl_P/mecab-python3/setup.py", line 27, in cmd2
        return string.split(cmd1(strings))
      File "/tmp/pip-install-csKl_P/mecab-python3/setup.py", line 24, in cmd1
        return os.popen(strings).readlines()[0][:-1]
    IndexError: list index out of range

does anyone have an explanation for this? I am running this inside Docker, python -- version 2.7.14 and pip --version 10.0.1

[himkt]

I have the same problem. In my case, I forgot to install MeCab (make sure if you successfully installed MeCab!).

[inspiralpatterns]

Same here. I will close the issue.

[jini20]

I have the same issue..

(venv)git clone https://bitbucket.org/eunjeon/mecab-python-0.996.git (venv)cd mecab-python-0.996/ (venv)python3 setup.py build
(venv)python3 setup.py install-> this phase cause the problem!!

I'm trying to install mecab now!!!
Could anyone help me ?

Interesting thing is it occurs only when I use the command 'sudo python settup.py install'... when I use 'python settup....' , it says other message ' error: could not create '/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/MeCab.py': Permission denied'

[zackw]

@jini20 Do you have the MeCab library installed? The package does not include the library itself, only the Python wrapper.