[Windows] ImportError: No module named glob

OS version: Windows 10 x64

I’ve installed conan 0.14.1 package from the official site, and trying to test it with this simple conanfile.txt:

[requires]
Qt/5.6.1-1@osechet/testing

[generators]
cmake

Here’s the program output:

> conan install .
It seems to be the first time you run conan
Auto detecting your dev setup to initialize conan.conf
Found Visual Studio 11
Found Visual Studio 14
Default conan.conf settings
        os=Windows
        arch=x86_64
        compiler=Visual Studio
        compiler.version=14
        compiler.runtime=MD
        build_type=Release
*** You can change them in ~/.conan/conan.conf ***
*** Or override with -s compiler='other' -s ...s***


Qt/5.6.1-1@osechet/testing: Not found, looking in remotes...
WARN: Remotes registry file missing, creating default one in C:\Users\ForNeVeR\.conan\registry.txt
Qt/5.6.1-1@osechet/testing: Trying with 'conan.io'...
Downloading conanmanifest.txt
[==================================================]
Downloading conanfile.py
[==================================================]
Downloading conan_export.tgz
[==================================================]
icu/57.1@osechet/stable: Not found, looking in remotes...
icu/57.1@osechet/stable: Trying with 'conan.io'...
Downloading conanmanifest.txt
[==================================================]
Downloading conanfile.py
[==================================================]
Downloading conan_export.tgz
[==================================================]
ERROR: Unable to load conanfile in C:\Users\ForNeVeR\.conan\data\icu\57.1\osechet\stable\export\conanfile.py
    from glob import glob
ImportError: No module named glob

For some reason it cannot find the glob module. I believe that the script line in question is here.

What can be done with it? Is it package author mistake (and what should he do?) or a conan packaging issue (it have no necessary Python modules or something)?

[memsharded]

Yes, that is totally true. The issue is related to the bundled app (conan + python interpreter) created with pyinstaller, which is the base for all the installers (Win, Linux, etc). That is why we have few control over it, it is how pyinstaller is doing things, and seems quite difficult to solve it from the outside.

The strongly recommended installation of conan is with the python/pip PyPI package. The download page already classify the Linux installer too as with possible issues.

[memsharded]

It seems an issue from the win conan installer. We suggest using the pip package, we have found to be the easiest and the one with less troubles. Having a python installation with pip is very easy in windows too. If you could try it, please tell us if it worked, we will have a look at the win installer when possible.

Thanks very much for your detailed report and feedback!