pip install --target fails

docker build -t pip_error .
docker run --name pip_error -it pip_error
pip install  --target /tmp/target_directory -vvv "psutil"

Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/basecommand.py", line 223, in main
    status = self.run(options, args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/commands/install.py", line 348, in run
    for item in os.listdir(lib_dir):
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/tmp/tmpO5kwWK/lib/python/'

Full Log: https://gist.github.com/chrismeyersfsu/6967e1f41db9660cdc1b

[root@59cecad2bf5a /]# pip --version
pip 7.1.0 from /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages (python 2.7)

Also ran pip install pip --upgrade (to v 7.1.2) and still had the same error.

Dockerfile

FROM centos:7

RUN yum install -y epel-release http://yum.postgresql.org/9.4/redhat/rhel-7-x86_64/pgdg-redhat94-9.4-1.noarch.rpm
RUN yum install -y git rpmlink rpmdevtools gcc make gcc-c++ nodejs npm python-devel libxml2-devel libxslt-devel zeromq-devel mongodb-org python-pymongo-gridfs pymongo=2.8 nodejs-grunt-cli python-pip postgresql94-devel libffi-devel openldap-devel
#ENV PATH=$PATH:/usr/pgsql-9.4/bin/
CMD /bin/bash

Also tried DISTUTILS_DEBUG=1 pip install -t /tmp/me --install-option="--install-purelib=\$base/lib64/python" billiard Fails and doesn’t seem to effect the install_purelib disutils variable.

https://gist.github.com/chrismeyersfsu/709a80df91176bc9f7bc

Solution: Creating a setup.cfg with below contents successfully effected the disutils install_purelib variable. DISTUTILS_DEBUG=1 pip install -t /tmp/install_here -vvvv psutil Log: https://gist.github.com/chrismeyersfsu/036b494a2a37d636839b

[install]
install-purelib=$base/lib64/python

Reflections: My question now is, who is at ‘fault’ ? Should pip default to using the purelib directory? Or should a directive exist that complements --target to choose the variable from which to look for the artifacts (i.e. --target-use <purelib, lib>) Further, why did --install-option="--install-purelib=\$base/lib64/python" have no effect?

[andrewmichaelsmith]

@wm75 Aha, yes! Upgrading from pip 8.1.1 to 8.1.2 has fixed this issue.

Thanks.

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