setup.py sdist fails: No such file or directory: '/tmp/pip-req-build-u2lhg91r/DESCRIPTION.rst'

[scruss]

Raspberry Pi Zero, Raspberry Pi OS Buster, fully updated.

Attempting to fix Qwiic_py as detailed here: https://forum.sparkfun.com/viewtopic.php?f=105&t=56505&p=228898#p228898, a manual installation of this module:

git clone https://github.com/sparkfun/Qwiic_AS6212_Py.git
cd Qwiic_AS6212_Py/
python3 ./setup.py sdist
cd dist/
sudo pip3 install sparkfun_qwiic_as6212-0.0.2.tar.gz 
Looking in indexes: https://pypi.org/simple, https://www.piwheels.org/simple
Processing ./sparkfun_qwiic_as6212-0.0.2.tar.gz
    Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
      File "/tmp/pip-req-build-u2lhg91r/setup.py", line 44, in <module>
        with io.open(path.join(here, "DESCRIPTION.rst"), encoding="utf-8") as f:
    FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/tmp/pip-req-build-u2lhg91r/DESCRIPTION.rst'
    
    ----------------------------------------
Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip-req-build-u2lhg91r/

[santaimpersonator]

Hey there, I'm going to close this issue:

• Technically, the setup.py method is deprecated according to the setuptools documentation. However, it is still being supported for now.
  • With that said, I'm not sure why you would need to rebuild this Python package. You should be able to install the package with the pip3 install sparkfun_qwiic_as6212 command in the terminal. That will install the pre-built Python package, hosted on PyPI.
• Your issue in the forum can be tracked here: Import Failure. Invalid driver class name. Unable to locate QwiicAs6212/QwiicKx13X Qwiic_Py#25

[scruss]

With that said, I'm not sure why you would need to rebuild this Python package.

When I opened this issue nearly three years ago, there was no prebuilt package on PyPI. I was following the exact instructions given by SparkFun at the time, and they didn't work. Nice to know that this is “look[ing] into the matter as soon as possible” …

[santaimpersonator]

• My apologies, I meant that we usually provide a prebuilt package on PyPI, whenever we publish a release

  With that said, I'm not sure why you would need to rebuild this Python package. You should be able to install the package with the pip3 install sparkfun_qwiic_as6212 command in the terminal. That will install the pre-built Python package, hosted on PyPI.

  • i.e. When we initially set our GitHub repository for a Python package public
  • i.e. When we update the Python package
• In regards to this package not being available on PyPI.
  • According to the time stamps on PyPI for the sparkfun-qwiic-as6212 project, as shown in the release history and available files, our prebuilt package should have been available on August 27, 2021.
    
• About the instructions we provided, are you referring to the information in the README.md file?
  • Looks like there may have been a copy/paste error... the Local Installation and Rebuild Package headings are missing.
    • Most users should only need to utilize the pip installation instructions.
    • The rest of the methods, were for manual installation (using the setuptools package) or for software development.
      

[scruss]

I would have used pip/PyPI had it been available. There may have been an error that prevented it working at the time, but the system I would have been trying it on were re-imaged long ago and are lost. Just so long as it works for other people now.