I have the same issue, while I do understand your point, it can be installed with apt, but many python developer uses virtual environment, in which we use pip to install packages, such as is mandatory for cross distro development.
For example my case is so that I run an other distro on my desktop, other distro on the build servers, and a 3rd one on the target device, where I need the package. I think the real question if Ubuntu is willing to support the pip version of the package or not? Is it put into pip by canonical on the first place ? Thanks a lot in advance! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to python-apt in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1614299 Title: install failure on python 3.5 Status in python-apt package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Related to expired issue: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source /python-apt/+question/285522 snafu$ cd /tmp snafu$ pyvenv apt snafu$ source apt/bin/activate (apt) snafu$ lsb_release -a; uname -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS Release: 16.04 Codename: xenial Linux snafu 4.4.0-34-generic #53-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jul 27 16:06:39 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux (apt) snafu$ pip install python-apt Collecting python-apt Using cached python-apt-0.7.8.tar.bz2 Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info: Traceback (most recent call last): File "<string>", line 1, in <module> File "/tmp/pip-build-l1pt_xe2/python-apt/setup.py", line 6, in <module> from DistUtilsExtra.command import * ImportError: No module named 'DistUtilsExtra' ---------------------------------------- Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip-build-l1pt_xe2/python-apt/ You are using pip version 8.1.1, however version 8.1.2 is available. You should consider upgrading via the 'pip install --upgrade pip' command. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-apt/+bug/1614299/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
