[yt-dev] Issue #805: Install requirements don't mention "setuptools" (yt_analysis/yt)

[Erik Schnetter]

New issue 805: Install requirements don't mention "setuptools"
https://bitbucket.org/yt_analysis/yt/issue/805/install-requirements-dont-mention

Erik Schnetter:

I just followed the instructions on <http://yt-project.org/#getyt> to download and install yt. I installed the prerequisites listed after the paragraph
{{{
To build yt, you will first need to install a number of Python and C libraries that yt uses for key functionality
}}}
but I still received an error message
{{{
$ python setup.py develop
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "setup.py", line 9, in <module>
    import setuptools
ImportError: No module named setuptools
}}}
I found that installing the package "py27-setuptools" (I am using OS X with MacPorts) helped.

I suggest you list "setuptools" as prerequisite as well.