Install Python-Dbus in virtualenv
dbus, installation, python, virtualenv
Solution
When `pip` tries to install a package, it looks for `setup.py`, which `dbus-python` doesn't have, so you'll have to download the source and compile it manually. Shouldn't be too hard:
PYTHON=python3.3 ./configure --prefix=/tmp/dbus-python
make
make install
then you can move the compiled files to your virtualenv.
edit: starting with dbus-python-1.2.2 (released 2016-02-22) dbus-python has a `setup.py`, so pip should be able to install it
Problem
I am running an application in a virtual environment that needs access to DBus (to interact with the Network Manager, mainly). I tried to install Dbus-Python with easyinstall and pip, but both fail. When I try to do this: ``` (myvirtualenv)borrajax@borrajax-computer:~/Documents/Projects/VirtualEnvs/current_env$ bin/pip install dbus-python ``` Pip yells at me with: ``` Downloading/unpacking dbus-python Downloading dbus-python-1.1.1.tar.gz (596kB): 596kB downloaded Running setup.py egg_info for package dbus-python Traceback (most recent call last): File "<string>", line 16, in <module> IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/home/borrajax/Documents/Projects/VirtualEnvs/current_env/build/dbus-python/setup.py' Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info: Traceback (most recent call last): File "<string>", line 16, in <module> IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/home/borrajax/Documents/Projects/VirtualEnvs/current_env/build/dbus-python/setup.py' ---------------------------------------- Command python setup.py egg_info failed with error code 1 in /home/borrajax/Documents/Projects/VirtualEnvs/current_env/build/dbus-python Storing complete log in /home/borrajax/.pip/pip.log ``` I have had some issues with the python dbus bindings and their "accessibility" from my Python modules in the past, so I don't really know what may be the best way to set Dbus-Python in a virtual environment. Has anyone successfully achieved this? Or does anyone have an idea on how to do this?