pip fails to install on windows using jython 2.7.0 final

Problem

The jython installer installs pip on request at installation time. This used to work, however, this stopped to work some time ago.

Reproduce

Fetch the jython installer over here:

http://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=org/python/jython-installer/2.7.0/jython-installer-2.7.0.jar

Then install using the “silent” install mode to a directory (`jythontest270’):

   C:> java -jar jython-installer-2.7.0.jar -s -d jythonpiptest270

The above command craps out with a traceback like:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "D:\nexiles\jython\Lib\runpy.py", line 161, in _run_module_as_main
    return _run_code(code, main_globals, None,
  File "D:\nexiles\jython\Lib\runpy.py", line 72, in _run_code
    exec code in run_globals
  File "D:\nexiles\jython\Lib\ensurepip\__main__.py", line 4, in <module>
    ensurepip._main()
  File "D:\nexiles\jython\Lib\ensurepip\__init__.py", line 220, in _main
    bootstrap(
  File "D:\nexiles\jython\Lib\ensurepip\__init__.py", line 123, in bootstrap
    _run_pip(args + [p[0] for p in _PROJECTS], additional_paths)
  File "D:\nexiles\jython\Lib\ensurepip\__init__.py", line 45, in _run_pip
    import pip
  File "C:\Users\ADMINI~1\AppData\Local\Temp\1\tmpguetqs\pip-1.6-py2.py3-none-an
y.whl\pip\__init__.py", line 10, in <module>
  File "C:\Users\ADMINI~1\AppData\Local\Temp\1\tmpguetqs\pip-1.6-py2.py3-none-an
y.whl\pip\util.py", line 17, in <module>
  File "C:\Users\ADMINI~1\AppData\Local\Temp\1\tmpguetqs\pip-1.6-py2.py3-none-an
y.whl\pip\locations.py", line 109, in <module>
  File "C:\Users\ADMINI~1\AppData\Local\Temp\1\tmpguetqs\pip-1.6-py2.py3-none-an
y.whl\pip\locations.py", line 90, in _get_build_prefix
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'geteuid'

Jython Bug Tracker Issue

http://bugs.jython.org/issue2360

[memoselyk]

I was having today the same problem, while installing jython. Jython installed correctly, but pip installation failed with the same error:

Installing pip and setuptools
90 %
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\jython2.7.0\Lib\runpy.py", line 161, in _run_module_as_main
    return _run_code(code, main_globals, None,
  File "C:\jython2.7.0\Lib\runpy.py", line 72, in _run_code
    exec code in run_globals
  File "C:\jython2.7.0\Lib\ensurepip\__main__.py", line 4, in <module>
    ensurepip._main()
  File "C:\jython2.7.0\Lib\ensurepip\__init__.py", line 220, in _main
    bootstrap(
  File "C:\jython2.7.0\Lib\ensurepip\__init__.py", line 123, in bootstrap
    _run_pip(args + [p[0] for p in _PROJECTS], additional_paths)
  File "C:\jython2.7.0\Lib\ensurepip\__init__.py", line 45, in _run_pip
    import pip
  File "C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpqzn7bu\pip-1.6-py2.py3-none-any.whl\pip\__init__.py", line 10, in <module>
  File "C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpqzn7bu\pip-1.6-py2.py3-none-any.whl\pip\util.py", line 17, in <module>
  File "C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpqzn7bu\pip-1.6-py2.py3-none-any.whl\pip\locations.py", line 109, in <module>
  File "C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpqzn7bu\pip-1.6-py2.py3-none-any.whl\pip\locations.py", line 90, in _get_build_prefix
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'geteuid'
100 %
Congratulations! You successfully installed Jython 2.7.0 to directory C:\jython2.7.0.

I was able to get rid of that problem by removing the folder %TEMP%\pip_build_<user>.

Once I could install jython with pip, C:\jython\bin\pip.exe -V worked fine the first time, but the folder %TEMP%\pip_build_<user> was created and successive attempts to run the same command failed with the now familiar AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'geteuid'.

[vqw]

@memoselyk please bold your workaround as it is not visible at first glance So after nearly a year problem exists and we are forced to use workarounds? 😃