Python DistributionNotFound Error after installing EB CLI 3.0

Question

Have tried many things, but keep getting this error after multiple attempts to update python, pip, etc. I am on OS X running 10.9.5.

CMD% eb 

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/eb", line 5, in <module>
    from pkg_resources import load_entry_point
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Extras/lib/python/pkg_resources.py", line 2603, in <module>
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Extras/lib/python/pkg_resources.py", line 666, in require
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Extras/lib/python/pkg_resources.py", line 565, in resolve
pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: python-dateutil>=2.1,<3.0.0

Answer 1

I was experiencing a similar error when trying to run eb, though not for dateutil...

Traceback (most recent call last):   
  File "/usr/local/bin/eb", line 5, in <module>
    from pkg_resources import load_entry_point   
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Extras/lib/python/pkg_resources.py", line 2603, in <module>
    working_set.require(__requires__)   
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Extras/lib/python/pkg_resources.py", line 666, in require
    needed = self.resolve(parse_requirements(requirements))   
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Extras/lib/python/pkg_resources.py", line 565, in resolve
    raise DistributionNotFound(req)  # XXX put more info here
pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: requests>=2.6.1,<2.7

For me the solution was to update setuptools:

sudo pip install --upgrade setuptools

Hope that helps somebody.

Answer 2

Use the following command:

pip install awsebcli

It will automatically upgrade all dependecies of awsebcli.