I've managed to install pydbgr in a virtualenv:

$ virtualenv pydbgr $ easy_install pydbgr

but when running:

$ pydbgr Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/galois/.virtualenvs/dbgr/bin/pydbgr", line 8, in <module> load_entry_point('pydbgr==0.1.4', 'console_scripts', 'pydbgr')() File "/home/galois/.virtualenvs/dbgr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c11-py2.6.egg/pkg_resources.py", line 318, in load_entry_point def has_metadata(name): File "/home/galois/.virtualenvs/dbgr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c11-py2.6.egg/pkg_resources.py", line 2221, in load_entry_point def getattr(self,attr): File "/home/galois/.virtualenvs/dbgr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c11-py2.6.egg/pkg_resources.py", line 1954, in load entry = import(self.module_name, globals(),globals(), ['name']) File "/home/galois/Downloads/pydbgr-0.1.4-py2.6.egg/pydbgr/cli.py", line 30, in <module> File "/home/galois/.virtualenvs/dbgr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/import_relative-0.1.0-py2.6.egg/import_relative.py", line 121, in import_relative fp, pathname, description = imp.find_module(top_module, [srcdir]) ImportError: No module named api

Maybe it's more related to import_relative than pydbgr. Python version is 2.6 pydbgr the one easy_installed (0.1.4)

I can't reproduce this problem. I tried with both --no-site-packages and and without that option.

A suggestion is to do all over and record everything. As an example here is an example:

$ sudo easy_install virtualenv /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/setuptools/package_index.py:156: UserWarning: Unbuilt egg for setuptools [unknown version] (/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages) Environment.init(self,*args,**kw) /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py:216: UserWarning: Unbuilt egg for setuptools [unknown version] (/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages) self.local_index = Environment(self.shadow_path+sys.path) Searching for virtualenv Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/virtualenv/ Reading http://virtualenv.openplans.org Best match: virtualenv 1.5.1 Downloading http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/v/virtualenv/virtualenv-1.5.1.tar.gz#md5=3daa1f449d5d2ee03099484cecb1c2b7 Processing virtualenv-1.5.1.tar.gz Running virtualenv-1.5.1/setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir /tmp/easy_install-R77CCQ/virtualenv-1.5.1/egg-dist-tmp-FS6Z9r warning: no previously-included files matching '.' found under directory 'docs/_templates' Adding virtualenv 1.5.1 to easy-install.pth file Installing virtualenv script to /usr/local/bin

Installed /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/virtualenv-1.5.1-py2.6.egg Processing dependencies for virtualenv Finished processing dependencies for virtualenv $ virtualenv virtual-python New python executable in virtual-python/bin/python Installing setuptools.............done. $ mkdir virtual-python $ cd virtual-python $ source ./bin/activate (virtual-python)$ easy_install pydbgr Searching for pydbgr Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/pydbgr/ Reading http://code.google.com/p/pydbgr/ Best match: pydbgr 0.1.4 Downloading http://pydbgr.googlecode.com/files/pydbgr-0.1.4-py2.6.egg Processing pydbgr-0.1.4-py2.6.egg creating /home/rocky/virtual-python/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pydbgr-0.1.4-py2.6.egg Extracting pydbgr-0.1.4-py2.6.egg to /home/rocky/virtual-python/lib/python2.6/site-packages Adding pydbgr 0.1.4 to easy-install.pth file Installing pydbgrc script to /home/rocky/virtual-python/bin Installing pydbgr script to /home/rocky/virtual-python/bin

Installed /home/rocky/virtual-python/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pydbgr-0.1.4-py2.6.egg Processing dependencies for pydbgr Searching for tracer>=0.2.2 Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/tracer/ Reading http://code.google.com/p/pytracer Best match: tracer 0.2.3 Downloading http://pytracer.googlecode.com/files/tracer-0.2.3-py2.6.egg Processing tracer-0.2.3-py2.6.egg creating /home/rocky/virtual-python/lib/python2.6/site-packages/tracer-0.2.3-py2.6.egg Extracting tracer-0.2.3-py2.6.egg to /home/rocky/virtual-python/lib/python2.6/site-packages Adding tracer 0.2.3 to easy-install.pth file

Installed /home/rocky/virtual-python/lib/python2.6/site-packages/tracer-0.2.3-py2.6.egg Searching for pyficache>=0.1.0 Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/pyficache/ Reading http://code.google.com/p/pyficache Best match: pyficache 0.1.3 Downloading http://pyficache.googlecode.com/files/pyficache-0.1.3-py2.6.egg Processing pyficache-0.1.3-py2.6.egg creating /home/rocky/virtual-python/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pyficache-0.1.3-py2.6.egg Extracting pyficache-0.1.3-py2.6.egg to /home/rocky/virtual-python/lib/python2.6/site-packages Adding pyficache 0.1.3 to easy-install.pth file

Installed /home/rocky/virtual-python/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pyficache-0.1.3-py2.6.egg Searching for import-relative>=0.1.0 Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/import_relative/ Reading http://code.google.com/p/pyimport-relative Best match: import-relative 0.1.0 Downloading http://pyimport-relative.googlecode.com/files/import_relative-0.1.0-py2.6.egg Processing import_relative-0.1.0-py2.6.egg creating /home/rocky/virtual-python/lib/python2.6/site-packages/import_relative-0.1.0-py2.6.egg Extracting import_relative-0.1.0-py2.6.egg to /home/rocky/virtual-python/lib/python2.6/site-packages Adding import-relative 0.1.0 to easy-install.pth file

Installed /home/rocky/virtual-python/lib/python2.6/site-packages/import_relative-0.1.0-py2.6.egg Searching for columnize>=0.3.2 Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/columnize/ Reading http://code.google.com/p/pycolumnize Best match: columnize 0.3.2 Downloading http://pycolumnize.googlecode.com/files/columnize-0.3.2-py2.6.egg Processing columnize-0.3.2-py2.6.egg Moving columnize-0.3.2-py2.6.egg to /home/rocky/virtual-python/lib/python2.6/site-packages Adding columnize 0.3.2 to easy-install.pth file

Installed /home/rocky/virtual-python/lib/python2.6/site-packages/columnize-0.3.2-py2.6.egg Searching for coverage==2.85 Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/coverage/ Reading http://nedbatchelder.com/code/modules/coverage.html Reading http://nedbatchelder.com/code/coverage Reading http://nedbatchelder.com/code/coverage/3.4b1 Reading http://nedbatchelder.com/code/coverage/3.4b2 Best match: coverage 2.85 Downloading http://nedbatchelder.com/code/modules/coverage-2.85.tar.gz Processing coverage-2.85.tar.gz Running coverage-2.85/setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir /tmp/easy_install-wlEIUA/coverage-2.85/egg-dist-tmp-E5QDn4 Adding coverage 2.85 to easy-install.pth file Installing coverage script to /home/rocky/virtual-python/bin

Installed /home/rocky/virtual-python/lib/python2.6/site-packages/coverage-2.85-py2.6.egg Finished processing dependencies for pydbgr (virtual-python)$ pydbgr (Pydbgr) quit (virtual-python)$ pydbgr ipython (/usr/bin/ipython:24): -> 24 """ (Pydbgr) quit (virtual-python)$

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I've tested in a clean environment (same as your steps) that it works correctly, there are some problems (various problems actually...) when playing in the source directory of pydbgr, it may be (or not) related to the original problem, there seems to be something strange with setuptools/distutils stuff:

wget http://pydbgr.googlecode.com/files/pydbgr-0.1.4.tar.gz tar xvzf pydbgr-0.1.4.tar.gz cd pydbgr-0.1.4 virtualenv virtual-python

Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/virtualenv", line 5, in from pkg_resources import load_entry_point File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2691, in add_activation_listener(lambda dist: dist.activate()) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 668, in subscribe callback(dist) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2691, in add_activation_listener(lambda dist: dist.activate()) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2195, in activate map(declare_namespace, self._get_metadata('namespace_packages.txt')) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 1790, in declare_namespace _handle_ns(packageName, path_item) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 1761, in _handle_ns loader.load_module(packageName); module.path = path File "/usr/lib/python2.6/pkgutil.py", line 238, in load_module mod = imp.load_module(fullname, self.file, self.filename, self.etc) File "/home/galois/workspace/shit/test/pydbgr-0.1.4/pydbgr/lib/init.py", line 17, in from import_relative import * ImportError: No module named import_relative

I'm sorry but I just can't reproduce this. The traceback you show seems to show a problem in running virtualenv. Is import_relative installed in /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages ? Because that's where the traceback show that virtualenv wants it installed.

For the record here's what I get when I try what you show:

$ wget http://pydbgr.googlecode.com/files/pydbgr-0.1.4.tar.gz --2010-10-19 21:48:28-- http://pydbgr.googlecode.com/files/pydbgr-0.1.4.tar.gz Resolving pydbgr.googlecode.com... 72.14.204.82 ...[snip] 2010-10-19 21:48:28 (367 KB/s) - `pydbgr-0.1.4.tar.gz' saved [157870/157870]

$ tar xvzf pydbgr-0.1.4.tar.gz pydbgr-0.1.4/ ...[snip] pydbgr-0.1.4/README $ cd pydbgr-0.1.4 $ sudo apt-get install python-virtualenv ...[snip] Processing triggers for python-support ... $ virtualenv virtual-python virtualenv virtual-python New python executable in virtual-python/bin/python Installing distribute..................................................................................................................................................................................done. $

In this case it's just a configuration problem of my own machine, since I managed to install successfully the program just feel free to close the bug.

Thank you for the attention and I'm very sorry for bothering!