[MAGEEC] Installing pyusb as per wiki instructions

[Alex J Lennon]

On 21/02/2014 11:05, Jeremy Bennett wrote:
> On 20/02/14 20:45, Alex J Lennon wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm working through a clean install of the power monitoring software as
>> per the Software Requirements section of the workshop Wiki page here:
>>
>> http://mageec.org/wiki/Workshop#Software_setup
>>
>> I ran into some trouble with my standard Ubuntu LTS VM and so tried with
>> the latest Ubuntu 13.10 but it gives the same error:
>>
>> ~$ sudo pip install pyusb docopt
>> Downloading/unpacking pyusb
>>   Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement pyusb (from
>> versions: 1.0.0a2, 1.0.0a2, 1.0.0a3, 1.0.0a3, 1.0.0b1)
>> Cleaning up...
>>
>> I found what I think is the solution with the following which seems to
>> get it installed:
>>
>> ~$ sudo pip install --pre pyusb docopt
>> Downloading/unpacking pyusb
>>   Downloading pyusb-1.0.0b1.tar.gz (44kB): 44kB downloaded
>>   Running setup.py egg_info for package pyusb
>>
>> Downloading/unpacking docopt
>>   Downloading docopt-0.6.1.tar.gz
>>   Running setup.py egg_info for package docopt
> Hi Alex,
>
> Thanks for this. Would you add a note about this on the Wiki, so anyone
> else who hits the same problem can try your approach.

Hi Jeremy,

Certainly - I've now added this to the Wiki page.

Best Regards,

Alex

> Best wishes,
>
>
> Jeremy
>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Alex
>>
>>
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