[pip 1.0] No such file or directory: ... installed-files.txt

# pip --version
pip 1.0 from /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages (python 2.7)

# pip install --install-option='--root=/tmp/ROOT' --install-option='--prefix=/usr' turbogears
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): turbogears in /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): CherryPy>=2.3.0,<3.0dev in /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7 (from turbogears)
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): ConfigObj>=4.3.2 in /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages (from turbogears)
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): FormEncode>=1.2.1 in /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages (from turbogears)
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): Genshi>=0.4.4 in /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages (from turbogears)
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): PasteScript[cheetah]>=1.7 in /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages (from turbogears)
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): PEAK-Rules>=0.5a1.dev-r2555 in /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7 (from turbogears)
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): distribute in /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages (from turbogears)
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): simplejson>=1.9.1 in /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages (from turbogears)
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): TurboJson>=1.2.1 in /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages (from turbogears)
Downloading/unpacking tgMochiKit>=1.4.2 (from turbogears)
  Running setup.py egg_info for package tgMochiKit

Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): Paste>=1.3 in /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages (from PasteScript[cheetah]>=1.7->turbogears)
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): PasteDeploy in /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages (from PasteScript[cheetah]>=1.7->turbogears)
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): BytecodeAssembler>=0.6 in /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7 (from PEAK-Rules>=0.5a1.dev-r2555->turbogears)
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): DecoratorTools>=1.7dev-r2450 in /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7 (from PEAK-Rules>=0.5a1.dev-r2555->turbogears)
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): AddOns>=0.6 in /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7 (from PEAK-Rules>=0.5a1.dev-r2555->turbogears)
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): Extremes>=1.1 in /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7 (from PEAK-Rules>=0.5a1.dev-r2555->turbogears)
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): SymbolType>=1.0 in /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7 (from BytecodeAssembler>=0.6->PEAK-Rules>=0.5a1.dev-r2555->turbogears)
Installing collected packages: tgMochiKit
  Running setup.py install for tgMochiKit

Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/basecommand.py", line 126, in main
    self.run(options, args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/commands/install.py", line 228, in run
    requirement_set.install(install_options, global_options)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/req.py", line 1093, in install
    requirement.install(install_options, global_options)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/req.py", line 593, in install
    f = open(os.path.join(egg_info_dir, 'installed-files.txt'), 'w')
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/tgMochiKit-1.4.2-py2.7.egg-info/installed-files.txt'

[NiklasRosenstein]

I can confirm that the issue is fixed for the above command. Thanks!

Seeing the trivial nature of the changes in #4495, I think it is safe to assume that it is also fixed the general case.

Any idea when Pip 9.0.2 will hit the mark? So I can make my package depend on it. 😃

[jaraco]

I encountered this issue too, when installing to a --user with PYTHONUSERBASE set to a relative directory.

$ ls env
ls: env: No such file or directory
$ PYTHONUSERBASE=env python2.7 -m pip install --user genshi
Collecting genshi
  Using cached Genshi-0.7.tar.gz
Installing collected packages: genshi
  Running setup.py install for genshi ... done
Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pip/basecommand.py", line 209, in main
    status = self.run(options, args)
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pip/commands/install.py", line 317, in run
    prefix=options.prefix_path,
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pip/req/req_set.py", line 732, in install
    **kwargs
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pip/req/req_install.py", line 928, in install
    with open(inst_files_path, 'w') as f:
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'env/lib/python/site-packages/Genshi-0.7-py2.7.egg-info/installed-files.txt'
$ PYTHONUSERBASE=`pwd`/env python2.7 -m pip install --user genshi
Collecting genshi
  Using cached Genshi-0.7.tar.gz
Installing collected packages: genshi
  Running setup.py install for genshi ... done
Successfully installed genshi