I would like to ask for clarification on the documentation.
$ pip install html5-parser
Collecting html5-parser
Using cached https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/f6/f9/0cffbc45d00f94dd2e97061d81be86ca8efc452e7acd7a5020b67b682e40/html5-parser-0.4.5.tar.gz
Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
File "/tmp/pip-install-8mWmIw/html5-parser/setup.py", line 79, in <module>
include_dirs=include_dirs(),
File "/tmp/pip-install-8mWmIw/html5-parser/build.py", line 89, in include_dirs
return [x[2:] for x in pkg_config('libxml-2.0', '--cflags-only-I')]
File "/tmp/pip-install-8mWmIw/html5-parser/build.py", line 75, in pkg_config
val = subprocess.check_output([PKGCONFIG, pkg] + list(args)).decode('utf-8')
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 212, in check_output
process = Popen(stdout=PIPE, *popenargs, **kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 390, in __init__
errread, errwrite)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 1024, in _execute_child
raise child_exception
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
----------------------------------------
Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip-install-8mWmIw/html5-parser/
$ python setup.py check
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "setup.py", line 79, in <module>
include_dirs=include_dirs(),
File "/tmp/html5-parser-0.4.5/build.py", line 89, in include_dirs
return [x[2:] for x in pkg_config('libxml-2.0', '--cflags-only-I')]
File "/tmp/html5-parser-0.4.5/build.py", line 75, in pkg_config
val = subprocess.check_output([PKGCONFIG, pkg] + list(args)).decode('utf-8')
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 212, in check_output
process = Popen(stdout=PIPE, *popenargs, **kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 390, in __init__
errread, errwrite)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 1024, in _execute_child
raise child_exception
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
It would be ideal to have a setup.py gracefully failing with a human-oriented message telling which dependencies are failing.
But I would be content enough with a requirement list in the documentation, such as:
pkg-config
libxml2-dev (this one is obvious, but explicit is better...)
romain-dartigues
commented
6 years ago
I would like to ask for clarification on the documentation.
It would be ideal to have a
setup.pygracefully failing with a human-oriented message telling which dependencies are failing.But I would be content enough with a requirement list in the documentation, such as:
Thank you!