easy_install fails

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. (python 2.6)run easy_install pyspatialite 
2.
3.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?  expect to be able to 
work with pyspatialite, instead I get an error: 

c:\Python26\Scripts>easy_install pyspatialite
Searching for pyspatialite
Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/pyspatialite/
Reading http://pyspatialite.googlecode.com/
Reading http://code.google.com/p/pyspatialite/downloads/list
Best match: pyspatialite 3.0.1
Downloading http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pyspatialite/pyspatialite-3
.0.1.tar.gz#md5=28a6ab34b5003772e9468f2712100586
Processing pyspatialite-3.0.1.tar.gz
Running pyspatialite-3.0.1\setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir c:\users\mruff\appda
ta\local\temp\easy_install-selpqq\pyspatialite-3.0.1\egg-dist-tmp-gngk16
Downloading amalgation.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "c:\Python26\Scripts\easy_install-script.py", line 8, in <module>
    load_entry_point('setuptools==0.6c11', 'console_scripts', 'easy_install')()
  File "c:\Python26\lib\site-packages\setuptools\command\easy_install.py", line
1712, in main
    with_ei_usage(lambda:
  File "c:\Python26\lib\site-packages\setuptools\command\easy_install.py", line
1700, in with_ei_usage
    return f()
  File "c:\Python26\lib\site-packages\setuptools\command\easy_install.py", line
1716, in <lambda>
    distclass=DistributionWithoutHelpCommands, **kw
  File "c:\Python26\lib\distutils\core.py", line 152, in setup
    dist.run_commands()
  File "c:\Python26\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 975, in run_commands
    self.run_command(cmd)
  File "c:\Python26\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 995, in run_command
    cmd_obj.run()
  File "c:\Python26\lib\site-packages\setuptools\command\easy_install.py", line
211, in run
    self.easy_install(spec, not self.no_deps)
  File "c:\Python26\lib\site-packages\setuptools\command\easy_install.py", line
446, in easy_install
    return self.install_item(spec, dist.location, tmpdir, deps)
  File "c:\Python26\lib\site-packages\setuptools\command\easy_install.py", line
476, in install_item
    dists = self.install_eggs(spec, download, tmpdir)
  File "c:\Python26\lib\site-packages\setuptools\command\easy_install.py", line
655, in install_eggs
    return self.build_and_install(setup_script, setup_base)
  File "c:\Python26\lib\site-packages\setuptools\command\easy_install.py", line
930, in build_and_install
    self.run_setup(setup_script, setup_base, args)
  File "c:\Python26\lib\site-packages\setuptools\command\easy_install.py", line
919, in run_setup
    run_setup(setup_script, args)
  File "c:\Python26\lib\site-packages\setuptools\sandbox.py", line 62, in run_se
tup
    lambda: execfile(
  File "c:\Python26\lib\site-packages\setuptools\sandbox.py", line 105, in run
    return func()
  File "c:\Python26\lib\site-packages\setuptools\sandbox.py", line 64, in <lambd
a>
    {'__file__':setup_script, '__name__':'__main__'}
  File "setup.py", line 219, in <module>
  File "setup.py", line 216, in main
  File "c:\Python26\lib\distutils\core.py", line 152, in setup
    dist.run_commands()
  File "c:\Python26\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 975, in run_commands
    self.run_command(cmd)
  File "c:\Python26\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 995, in run_command
    cmd_obj.run()
  File "c:\Python26\lib\site-packages\setuptools\command\bdist_egg.py", line 175
, in run
    cmd = self.call_command('install_lib', warn_dir=0)
  File "c:\Python26\lib\site-packages\setuptools\command\bdist_egg.py", line 161
, in call_command
    self.run_command(cmdname)
  File "c:\Python26\lib\distutils\cmd.py", line 333, in run_command
    self.distribution.run_command(command)
  File "c:\Python26\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 995, in run_command
    cmd_obj.run()
  File "c:\Python26\lib\site-packages\setuptools\command\install_lib.py", line 2
0, in run
    self.build()
  File "c:\Python26\lib\distutils\command\install_lib.py", line 112, in build
    self.run_command('build_ext')
  File "c:\Python26\lib\distutils\cmd.py", line 333, in run_command
    self.distribution.run_command(command)
  File "c:\Python26\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 995, in run_command
    cmd_obj.run()
  File "c:\Python26\lib\distutils\command\build_ext.py", line 343, in run
    self.build_extensions()
  File "c:\Python26\lib\distutils\command\build_ext.py", line 469, in build_exte
nsions
    self.build_extension(ext)
  File "setup.py", line 116, in build_extension
  File "setup.py", line 97, in get_amalgamation
IndexError: list index out of range

c:\Python26\Scripts>
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What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Windows 7, python2.6, pyspatialite 3.0.1

Please provide any additional information below.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by melfroma...@gmail.com on 18 Jan 2013 at 12:59

• Merged into: #9

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Seems like a duplicate of the issue #9. I've provided a basic patch for this in 
that issues page.

Original comment by timp...@gmail.com on 25 Jan 2013 at 2:21

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duplicate

Original comment by lok...@gmail.com on 21 Nov 2013 at 10:27

• Changed state: Duplicate