Ubuntu 18 setup.py build develop error

[hwk0809]

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/hwk/anaconda3/envs/alphapose/lib/python3.6/distutils/core.py", line 148, in setup
dist.run_commands()
File "/home/hwk/anaconda3/envs/alphapose/lib/python3.6/distutils/dist.py", line 955, in run_commands
self.run_command(cmd)
File "/home/hwk/anaconda3/envs/alphapose/lib/python3.6/distutils/dist.py", line 974, in run_command
cmd_obj.run()
File "/home/hwk/anaconda3/envs/alphapose/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/command/bdist_egg.py", line 160, in run
self.run_command("egg_info")
File "/home/hwk/anaconda3/envs/alphapose/lib/python3.6/distutils/cmd.py", line 313, in run_command
self.distribution.run_command(command)
File "/home/hwk/anaconda3/envs/alphapose/lib/python3.6/distutils/dist.py", line 974, in run_command
cmd_obj.run()
File "/home/hwk/anaconda3/envs/alphapose/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/command/egg_info.py", line 280, in run
self.find_sources()
File "/home/hwk/anaconda3/envs/alphapose/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/command/egg_info.py", line 295, in find_sources
mm.run()
File "/home/hwk/anaconda3/envs/alphapose/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/command/egg_info.py", line 526, in run
self.add_defaults()
File "/home/hwk/anaconda3/envs/alphapose/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/command/egg_info.py", line 562, in add_defaults
sdist.add_defaults(self)
File "/home/hwk/anaconda3/envs/alphapose/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/command/py36compat.py", line 34, in add_defaults
self._add_defaults_python()
File "/home/hwk/anaconda3/envs/alphapose/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/command/sdist.py", line 135, in _add_defaults_python
self.filelist.extend(build_py.get_source_files())
File "/home/hwk/anaconda3/envs/alphapose/lib/python3.6/distutils/command/build_py.py", line 301, in get_source_files
return [module[-1] for module in self.find_all_modules()]
File "/home/hwk/anaconda3/envs/alphapose/lib/python3.6/distutils/command/build_py.py", line 296, in find_all_modules
m = self.find_package_modules(package, package_dir)
File "/home/hwk/anaconda3/envs/alphapose/lib/python3.6/distutils/command/build_py.py", line 218, in find_package_modules
self.check_package(package, package_dir)
File "/home/hwk/anaconda3/envs/alphapose/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/command/build_py.py", line 163, in check_package
init_py = orig.build_py.check_package(self, package, package_dir)
File "/home/hwk/anaconda3/envs/alphapose/lib/python3.6/distutils/command/build_py.py", line 191, in check_package
"package directory '%s' does not exist" % package_dir)
distutils.errors.DistutilsFileError: package directory 'find_namespace:' does not exist

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/hwk/anaconda3/envs/alphapose/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 158, in save_modules
yield saved
File "/home/hwk/anaconda3/envs/alphapose/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 199, in setup_context
yield
File "/home/hwk/anaconda3/envs/alphapose/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 254, in run_setup
_execfile(setup_script, ns)
File "/home/hwk/anaconda3/envs/alphapose/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 49, in _execfile
exec(code, globals, locals)
File "/tmp/easy_install-fly4h8xs/pytest-runner-5.3.0/setup.py", line 21, in
def readme():
File "/home/hwk/anaconda3/envs/alphapose/lib/python3.6/distutils/core.py", line 163, in setup
raise SystemExit("error: " + str(msg))
SystemExit: error: package directory 'find_namespace:' does not exist

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/hwk/anaconda3/envs/alphapose/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 1104, in run_setup
run_setup(setup_script, args)
File "/home/hwk/anaconda3/envs/alphapose/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 257, in run_setup
raise
File "/home/hwk/anaconda3/envs/alphapose/lib/python3.6/contextlib.py", line 99, in exit
self.gen.throw(type, value, traceback)
File "/home/hwk/anaconda3/envs/alphapose/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 199, in setup_context
yield
File "/home/hwk/anaconda3/envs/alphapose/lib/python3.6/contextlib.py", line 99, in exit
self.gen.throw(type, value, traceback)
File "/home/hwk/anaconda3/envs/alphapose/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 170, in save_modules
saved_exc.resume()
File "/home/hwk/anaconda3/envs/alphapose/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 145, in resume
six.reraise(type, exc, self._tb)
File "/home/hwk/anaconda3/envs/alphapose/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pkg_resources/_vendor/six.py", line 685, in reraise
raise value.with_traceback(tb)
File "/home/hwk/anaconda3/envs/alphapose/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 158, in save_modules
yield saved
File "/home/hwk/anaconda3/envs/alphapose/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 199, in setup_context
yield
File "/home/hwk/anaconda3/envs/alphapose/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 254, in run_setup
_execfile(setup_script, ns)
File "/home/hwk/anaconda3/envs/alphapose/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 49, in _execfile
exec(code, globals, locals)
File "/tmp/easy_install-fly4h8xs/pytest-runner-5.3.0/setup.py", line 21, in
def readme():
File "/home/hwk/anaconda3/envs/alphapose/lib/python3.6/distutils/core.py", line 163, in setup
raise SystemExit("error: " + str(msg))
SystemExit: error: package directory 'find_namespace:' does not exist

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "setup.py", line 214, in
zip_safe=False)
File "/home/hwk/anaconda3/envs/alphapose/lib/python3.6/distutils/core.py", line 108, in setup
_setup_distribution = dist = klass(attrs)
File "/home/hwk/anaconda3/envs/alphapose/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/dist.py", line 335, in init
self.fetch_build_eggs(attrs['setup_requires'])
File "/home/hwk/anaconda3/envs/alphapose/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/dist.py", line 456, in fetch_build_eggs
replace_conflicting=True,
File "/home/hwk/anaconda3/envs/alphapose/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pkg_resources/init.py", line 863, in resolve
replace_conflicting=replace_conflicting
File "/home/hwk/anaconda3/envs/alphapose/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pkg_resources/init.py", line 1141, in best_match
return self.obtain(req, installer)
File "/home/hwk/anaconda3/envs/alphapose/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pkg_resources/init.py", line 1153, in obtain
return installer(requirement)
File "/home/hwk/anaconda3/envs/alphapose/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/dist.py", line 522, in fetch_build_egg
return cmd.easy_install(req)
File "/home/hwk/anaconda3/envs/alphapose/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 672, in easy_install
return self.install_item(spec, dist.location, tmpdir, deps)
File "/home/hwk/anaconda3/envs/alphapose/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 698, in install_item
dists = self.install_eggs(spec, download, tmpdir)
File "/home/hwk/anaconda3/envs/alphapose/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 879, in install_eggs
return self.build_and_install(setup_script, setup_base)
File "/home/hwk/anaconda3/envs/alphapose/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 1118, in build_and_install
self.run_setup(setup_script, setup_base, args)
File "/home/hwk/anaconda3/envs/alphapose/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 1106, in run_setup
raise DistutilsError("Setup script exited with %s" % (v.args[0],))
distutils.errors.DistutilsError: Setup script exited with error: package directory 'find_namespace:' does not exist

[qhdqhd]

ubuntu20.04 is same，can anyone help?

[JcJinChen]

check the version of the python-package setuptools, if <40.0 you can try upgrade setuptools >= 40.0

[qhdqhd]

how can I upgrade setuptools?can you please show me, thanks a lot. @JcJinChen

[JcJinChen]

if you have installed pip，just run pip3 install setuptools==40.0.0 or pip install setuptools==40.0.0 @qhdqhd

[qhdqhd]

Thank you my friend

[Fang-Haoshu]

Thanks. Add it to the requirements.