I'm trying to get zc.buildout to install Gunicorn from source. Using the following configuration:
[gunicorn]
recipe = collective.recipe.distutils
url = http://github.com/benoitc/gunicorn/tarball/master
results in the following error:
SystemError: ('Failed', '"/usr/bin/python" setup.py -q install --install- purelib="/mnt/hgfs/Projects/intranation/parts/site-packages" --install-platlib="/mnt/hgfs/Projects/intranation/parts/site-packages"')
Providing a --install-dir or --prefix doesn't help.
Is there a recipe for zc.buildout that downloads a tarball and installs it via easy_install or similar?
You can "just" install it. On the command line, "easy_install http://github.com/benoitc/gunicorn/tarball/master" works fine.
The buildout equivalent would be to have a dependency on "gunicorn" (so that buildout attempts installing it) and to tell buildout that your github link is actually gunicorn. You do that with find-links:
[buildout]
find-links =
http://github.com/benoitc/gunicorn/tarball/master#egg=gunicorn
parts = console_scripts
[console_scripts]
recipe = zc.recipe.egg
eggs = gunicorn