"python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1

Question

when trying to install flask-mysql i get the following error msg:

Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in /private/var/folders/2n/pv5q13p10dz6rg8qlh3vhxv00000gn/T/pip-build-bh92ufyu/MySQL-python

Answer 1

I met the same problem when install matplotlib and following command workd:

pip install --upgrade setuptools

pip install ez_setup

Ref here

Answer 2

Worked for me:

easy_install distribute
pip install --upgrade distribute