Installing Python Packages - IronPython

Question

I'd like to add the PRAW package to an IronPython solution in VS however it's proving to be a pain in the butt. Here are steps I'm taking

• right-click on IronPython Environment, select install python package.
• type in "Praw" using pip
• I get a prompt telling me that pip needs to get installed.

I then see the following:

Installing 'pip' package manager.
Downloading distribute from https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=306663
Installing from distribute-0.6.45
Before install bootstrap.
Scanning installed packages
Setuptools installation detected at c:\program files (x86)\ironpython 2.7\lib\site-packages\setuptools-0.6c11-py2.7.egg
Egg installation
Already patched.
running install
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "setup.py", line 147, in <module>
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\IronPython 2.7\Lib\distutils\core.py", line 151, in setup
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\IronPython 2.7\Lib\distutils\dist.py", line 952, in run_commands
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\IronPython 2.7\Lib\distutils\dist.py", line 971, in run_command
  File "c:\users\mj\appdata\local\temp\ptvs-9jvsvw-pip_downloader\distribute-0.6.45\setuptools\command\install.py", line 63, in run
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute '_getframe'Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Microsoft\Python Tools for Visual Studio\2.0\pip_downloader.py", line 47, in <module>
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\IronPython 2.7\Lib\subprocess.py", line 512, in check_call
subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['C:\\Program Files (x86)\\IronPython 2.7\\ipy64.exe', 'setup.py', 'install']' returned non-zero exit status 1
'pip' failed to install. Exit code: 1

With the reason for the failed install being: AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute '_getframe'Traceback (most recent call last):

How do I get around this? Is there a way to install pip and for ironpython in a different manner? Is there a way to install packages/libraries by not having to use pip? I can install the package just fine via Pip for python 2.7.

Answer 1

You have to run IronPython with the command line option -X:FullFrames. I'm not sure, though, how to set that up in the VS.

Maybe you can manually run it:

C:\path\to\ipy64.exe -X:FullFrames path\to\pip.py install whaterver_you_want