When I try to install the Cryptography package for Python through either pip install cryptography or by downloading the package from their site and running python setup.py, I get the following error:
D:\Anaconda\Scripts\pip-script.py run on 02/27/14 16:13:17
Downloading/unpacking cryptography
Getting page https://pypi.python.org/simple/cryptography/
URLs to search for versions for cryptography:
* https://pypi.python.org/simple/cryptography/
Analyzing links from page https://pypi.python.org/simple/cryptography/
Skipping https://pypi.python.org/packages/cp26/c/cryptography/cryptography-0.2-cp26-none-win32.whl#md5=13e5c4b19520e7dc6f07c6502b3f74e2 (from https://pypi.python.org/simple/cryptography/) because it is not compatible with this Python
Skipping https://pypi.python.org/packages/cp26/c/cryptography/cryptography-0.2.1-cp26-none-win32.whl#md5=00e733648ee5cdb9e58876238b1328f8 (from https://pypi.python.org/simple/cryptography/) because it is not compatible with this Python
Skipping https://pypi.python.org/packages/cp27/c/cryptography/cryptography-0.2-cp27-none-win32.whl#md5=013ccafa6a5a3ea92c73f2c1c4879406 (from https://pypi.python.org/simple/cryptography/) because it is not compatible with this Python
Skipping https://pypi.python.org/packages/cp27/c/cryptography/cryptography-0.2.1-cp27-none-win32.whl#md5=127d6a5dc687250721f892d55720a06c (from https://pypi.python.org/simple/cryptography/) because it is not compatible with this Python
Skipping https://pypi.python.org/packages/cp32/c/cryptography/cryptography-0.2-cp32-none-win32.whl#md5=051424a36e91039807b72f112333ded3 (from https://pypi.python.org/simple/cryptography/) because it is not compatible with this Python
Skipping https://pypi.python.org/packages/cp32/c/cryptography/cryptography-0.2.1-cp32-none-win32.whl#md5=53f6f57db8e952d64283baaa14cbde3d (from https://pypi.python.org/simple/cryptography/) because it is not compatible with this Python
Skipping https://pypi.python.org/packages/cp33/c/cryptography/cryptography-0.2-cp33-none-win32.whl#md5=302812c1c1a035cf9ba3292f8dbf3f9e (from https://pypi.python.org/simple/cryptography/) because it is not compatible with this Python
Skipping https://pypi.python.org/packages/cp33/c/cryptography/cryptography-0.2.1-cp33-none-win32.whl#md5=81acca90caf8a45f2ca73f3f9859fae4 (from https://pypi.python.org/simple/cryptography/) because it is not compatible with this Python
Found link https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/c/cryptography/cryptography-0.1.tar.gz#md5=bdc1c5fe069deca7467b71a0cc538f17 (from https://pypi.python.org/simple/cryptography/), version: 0.1
Found link https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/c/cryptography/cryptography-0.2.1.tar.gz#md5=872fc04268dadc66a0305ae5ab1c123b (from https://pypi.python.org/simple/cryptography/), version: 0.2.1
Found link https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/c/cryptography/cryptography-0.2.tar.gz#md5=8a3d21e837a21e1b7634ee1f22b06bb6 (from https://pypi.python.org/simple/cryptography/), version: 0.2
Using version 0.2.1 (newest of versions: 0.2.1, 0.2, 0.1)
Downloading from URL https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/c/cryptography/cryptography-0.2.1.tar.gz#md5=872fc04268dadc66a0305ae5ab1c123b (from https://pypi.python.org/simple/cryptography/)
Running setup.py (path:c:\users\paco\appdata\local\temp\pip_build_Paco\cryptography\setup.py) egg_info for package cryptography
In file included from c/_cffi_backend.c:7:0:
c/misc_win32.h:225:23: error: two or more data types in declaration specifiers
c/misc_win32.h:225:1: warning: useless type name in empty declaration [enabled by default]
c/_cffi_backend.c: In function 'convert_array_from_object':
c/_cffi_backend.c:1105:26: warning: unknown conversion type character 'z' in format [-Wformat]
c/_cffi_backend.c:1105:26: warning: too many arguments for format [-Wformat-extra-args]
c/_cffi_backend.c:1130:30: warning: unknown conversion type character 'z' in format [-Wformat]
c/_cffi_backend.c:1130:30: warning: too many arguments for format [-Wformat-extra-args]
c/_cffi_backend.c:1150:30: warning: unknown conversion type character 'z' in format [-Wformat]
c/_cffi_backend.c:1150:30: warning: too many arguments for format [-Wformat-extra-args]
c/_cffi_backend.c: In function 'convert_struct_from_object':
c/_cffi_backend.c:1183:26: warning: unknown conversion type character 'z' in format [-Wformat]
c/_cffi_backend.c:1183:26: warning: too many arguments for format [-Wformat-extra-args]
c/_cffi_backend.c:1196:30: warning: unknown conversion type character 'z' in format [-Wformat]
c/_cffi_backend.c:1196:30: warning: too many arguments for format [-Wformat-extra-args]
c/_cffi_backend.c: In function 'cdata_repr':
c/_cffi_backend.c:1583:13: warning: unknown conversion type character 'L' in format [-Wformat]
c/_cffi_backend.c:1583:13: warning: too many arguments for format [-Wformat-extra-args]
c/_cffi_backend.c:1595:9: warning: unknown conversion type character 'z' in format [-Wformat]
c/_cffi_backend.c:1595:9: warning: too many arguments for format [-Wformat-extra-args]
c/_cffi_backend.c: In function 'cdataowning_repr':
c/_cffi_backend.c:1647:30: warning: unknown conversion type character 'z' in format [-Wformat]
c/_cffi_backend.c:1647:30: warning: too many arguments for format [-Wformat-extra-args]
c/_cffi_backend.c: In function '_cdata_get_indexed_ptr':
c/_cffi_backend.c:1820:26: warning: unknown conversion type character 'z' in format [-Wformat]
c/_cffi_backend.c:1820:26: warning: unknown conversion type character 'z' in format [-Wformat]
c/_cffi_backend.c:1820:26: warning: too many arguments for format [-Wformat-extra-args]
c/_cffi_backend.c: In function '_cdata_getslicearg':
c/_cffi_backend.c:1872:26: warning: unknown conversion type character 'z' in format [-Wformat]
c/_cffi_backend.c:1872:26: warning: unknown conversion type character 'z' in format [-Wformat]
c/_cffi_backend.c:1872:26: warning: too many arguments for format [-Wformat-extra-args]
c/_cffi_backend.c: In function 'cdata_ass_slice':
c/_cffi_backend.c:1951:26: warning: unknown conversion type character 'z' in format [-Wformat]
c/_cffi_backend.c:1951:26: warning: unknown conversion type character 'z' in format [-Wformat]
c/_cffi_backend.c:1951:26: warning: too many arguments for format [-Wformat-extra-args]
c/_cffi_backend.c:1969:30: warning: unknown conversion type character 'z' in format [-Wformat]
c/_cffi_backend.c:1969:30: warning: unknown conversion type character 'z' in format [-Wformat]
c/_cffi_backend.c:1969:30: warning: too many arguments for format [-Wformat-extra-args]
c/_cffi_backend.c:1983:22: warning: unknown conversion type character 'z' in format [-Wformat]
c/_cffi_backend.c:1983:22: warning: too many arguments for format [-Wformat-extra-args]
c/_cffi_backend.c: In function 'cdata_call':
c/_cffi_backend.c:2367:30: warning: unknown conversion type character 'z' in format [-Wformat]
c/_cffi_backend.c:2367:30: warning: format '%s' expects argument of type 'char *', but argument 3 has type 'Py_ssize_t' [-Wformat]
c/_cffi_backend.c:2367:30: warning: too many arguments for format [-Wformat-extra-args]
c/_cffi_backend.c: In function 'cast_to_integer_or_char':
c/_cffi_backend.c:2916:26: warning: unknown conversion type character 'z' in format [-Wformat]
c/_cffi_backend.c:2916:26: warning: format '%s' expects argument of type 'char *', but argument 3 has type 'Py_ssize_t' [-Wformat]
c/_cffi_backend.c:2916:26: warning: too many arguments for format [-Wformat-extra-args]
c/_cffi_backend.c:2928:26: warning: unknown conversion type character 'z' in format [-Wformat]
c/_cffi_backend.c:2928:26: warning: format '%s' expects argument of type 'char *', but argument 3 has type 'Py_ssize_t' [-Wformat]
c/_cffi_backend.c:2928:26: warning: too many arguments for format [-Wformat-extra-args]
c/_cffi_backend.c: In function 'new_array_type':
c/_cffi_backend.c:3480:9: warning: unknown conversion type character 'l' in format [-Wformat]
c/_cffi_backend.c:3480:9: warning: too many arguments for format [-Wformat-extra-args]
c/_cffi_backend.c: In function 'b_complete_struct_or_union':
c/_cffi_backend.c:3878:22: warning: unknown conversion type character 'z' in format [-Wformat]
c/_cffi_backend.c:3878:22: warning: unknown conversion type character 'z' in format [-Wformat]
c/_cffi_backend.c:3878:22: warning: too many arguments for format [-Wformat-extra-args]
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 17, in <module>
File "c:\users\paco\appdata\local\temp\pip_build_Paco\cryptography\setup.py", line 113, in <module>
"build": cffi_build,
File "D:\Anaconda\lib\distutils\core.py", line 112, in setup
_setup_distribution = dist = klass(attrs)
File "build\bdist.win-amd64\egg\setuptools\dist.py", line 239, in __init__
File "build\bdist.win-amd64\egg\setuptools\dist.py", line 264, in fetch_build_eggs
File "build\bdist.win-amd64\egg\pkg_resources.py", line 580, in resolve
dist = best[req.key] = env.best_match(req, ws, installer)
File "build\bdist.win-amd64\egg\pkg_resources.py", line 818, in best_match
return self.obtain(req, installer) # try and download/install
File "build\bdist.win-amd64\egg\pkg_resources.py", line 830, in obtain
return installer(requirement)
File "build\bdist.win-amd64\egg\setuptools\dist.py", line 314, in fetch_build_egg
File "build\bdist.win-amd64\egg\setuptools\command\easy_install.py", line 593, in easy_install
File "build\bdist.win-amd64\egg\setuptools\command\easy_install.py", line 623, in install_item
File "build\bdist.win-amd64\egg\setuptools\command\easy_install.py", line 809, in install_eggs
File "build\bdist.win-amd64\egg\setuptools\command\easy_install.py", line 1015, in build_and_install
File "build\bdist.win-amd64\egg\setuptools\command\easy_install.py", line 1003, in run_setup
distutils.errors.DistutilsError: Setup script exited with error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1
Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
In file included from c/_cffi_backend.c:7:0:
c/misc_win32.h:225:23: error: two or more data types in declaration specifiers
c/misc_win32.h:225:1: warning: useless type name in empty declaration [enabled by default]
c/_cffi_backend.c: In function 'convert_array_from_object':
c/_cffi_backend.c:1105:26: warning: unknown conversion type character 'z' in format [-Wformat]
c/_cffi_backend.c:1105:26: warning: too many arguments for format [-Wformat-extra-args]
c/_cffi_backend.c:1130:30: warning: unknown conversion type character 'z' in format [-Wformat]
c/_cffi_backend.c:1130:30: warning: too many arguments for format [-Wformat-extra-args]
c/_cffi_backend.c:1150:30: warning: unknown conversion type character 'z' in format [-Wformat]
c/_cffi_backend.c:1150:30: warning: too many arguments for format [-Wformat-extra-args]
c/_cffi_backend.c: In function 'convert_struct_from_object':
c/_cffi_backend.c:1183:26: warning: unknown conversion type character 'z' in format [-Wformat]
c/_cffi_backend.c:1183:26: warning: too many arguments for format [-Wformat-extra-args]
c/_cffi_backend.c:1196:30: warning: unknown conversion type character 'z' in format [-Wformat]
c/_cffi_backend.c:1196:30: warning: too many arguments for format [-Wformat-extra-args]
c/_cffi_backend.c: In function 'cdata_repr':
c/_cffi_backend.c:1583:13: warning: unknown conversion type character 'L' in format [-Wformat]
c/_cffi_backend.c:1583:13: warning: too many arguments for format [-Wformat-extra-args]
c/_cffi_backend.c:1595:9: warning: unknown conversion type character 'z' in format [-Wformat]
c/_cffi_backend.c:1595:9: warning: too many arguments for format [-Wformat-extra-args]
c/_cffi_backend.c: In function 'cdataowning_repr':
c/_cffi_backend.c:1647:30: warning: unknown conversion type character 'z' in format [-Wformat]
c/_cffi_backend.c:1647:30: warning: too many arguments for format [-Wformat-extra-args]
c/_cffi_backend.c: In function '_cdata_get_indexed_ptr':
c/_cffi_backend.c:1820:26: warning: unknown conversion type character 'z' in format [-Wformat]
c/_cffi_backend.c:1820:26: warning: unknown conversion type character 'z' in format [-Wformat]
c/_cffi_backend.c:1820:26: warning: too many arguments for format [-Wformat-extra-args]
c/_cffi_backend.c: In function '_cdata_getslicearg':
c/_cffi_backend.c:1872:26: warning: unknown conversion type character 'z' in format [-Wformat]
c/_cffi_backend.c:1872:26: warning: unknown conversion type character 'z' in format [-Wformat]
c/_cffi_backend.c:1872:26: warning: too many arguments for format [-Wformat-extra-args]
c/_cffi_backend.c: In function 'cdata_ass_slice':
c/_cffi_backend.c:1951:26: warning: unknown conversion type character 'z' in format [-Wformat]
c/_cffi_backend.c:1951:26: warning: unknown conversion type character 'z' in format [-Wformat]
c/_cffi_backend.c:1951:26: warning: too many arguments for format [-Wformat-extra-args]
c/_cffi_backend.c:1969:30: warning: unknown conversion type character 'z' in format [-Wformat]
c/_cffi_backend.c:1969:30: warning: unknown conversion type character 'z' in format [-Wformat]
c/_cffi_backend.c:1969:30: warning: too many arguments for format [-Wformat-extra-args]
c/_cffi_backend.c:1983:22: warning: unknown conversion type character 'z' in format [-Wformat]
c/_cffi_backend.c:1983:22: warning: too many arguments for format [-Wformat-extra-args]
c/_cffi_backend.c: In function 'cdata_call':
c/_cffi_backend.c:2367:30: warning: unknown conversion type character 'z' in format [-Wformat]
c/_cffi_backend.c:2367:30: warning: format '%s' expects argument of type 'char *', but argument 3 has type 'Py_ssize_t' [-Wformat]
c/_cffi_backend.c:2367:30: warning: too many arguments for format [-Wformat-extra-args]
c/_cffi_backend.c: In function 'cast_to_integer_or_char':
c/_cffi_backend.c:2916:26: warning: unknown conversion type character 'z' in format [-Wformat]
c/_cffi_backend.c:2916:26: warning: format '%s' expects argument of type 'char *', but argument 3 has type 'Py_ssize_t' [-Wformat]
c/_cffi_backend.c:2916:26: warning: too many arguments for format [-Wformat-extra-args]
c/_cffi_backend.c:2928:26: warning: unknown conversion type character 'z' in format [-Wformat]
c/_cffi_backend.c:2928:26: warning: format '%s' expects argument of type 'char *', but argument 3 has type 'Py_ssize_t' [-Wformat]
c/_cffi_backend.c:2928:26: warning: too many arguments for format [-Wformat-extra-args]
c/_cffi_backend.c: In function 'new_array_type':
c/_cffi_backend.c:3480:9: warning: unknown conversion type character 'l' in format [-Wformat]
c/_cffi_backend.c:3480:9: warning: too many arguments for format [-Wformat-extra-args]
c/_cffi_backend.c: In function 'b_complete_struct_or_union':
c/_cffi_backend.c:3878:22: warning: unknown conversion type character 'z' in format [-Wformat]
c/_cffi_backend.c:3878:22: warning: unknown conversion type character 'z' in format [-Wformat]
c/_cffi_backend.c:3878:22: warning: too many arguments for format [-Wformat-extra-args]
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 17, in <module>
File "c:\users\paco\appdata\local\temp\pip_build_Paco\cryptography\setup.py", line 113, in <module>
"build": cffi_build,
File "D:\Anaconda\lib\distutils\core.py", line 112, in setup
_setup_distribution = dist = klass(attrs)
File "build\bdist.win-amd64\egg\setuptools\dist.py", line 239, in __init__
File "build\bdist.win-amd64\egg\setuptools\dist.py", line 264, in fetch_build_eggs
File "build\bdist.win-amd64\egg\pkg_resources.py", line 580, in resolve
dist = best[req.key] = env.best_match(req, ws, installer)
File "build\bdist.win-amd64\egg\pkg_resources.py", line 818, in best_match
return self.obtain(req, installer) # try and download/install
File "build\bdist.win-amd64\egg\pkg_resources.py", line 830, in obtain
return installer(requirement)
File "build\bdist.win-amd64\egg\setuptools\dist.py", line 314, in fetch_build_egg
File "build\bdist.win-amd64\egg\setuptools\command\easy_install.py", line 593, in easy_install
File "build\bdist.win-amd64\egg\setuptools\command\easy_install.py", line 623, in install_item
File "build\bdist.win-amd64\egg\setuptools\command\easy_install.py", line 809, in install_eggs
File "build\bdist.win-amd64\egg\setuptools\command\easy_install.py", line 1015, in build_and_install
File "build\bdist.win-amd64\egg\setuptools\command\easy_install.py", line 1003, in run_setup
distutils.errors.DistutilsError: Setup script exited with error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1
----------------------------------------
Cleaning up...
Removing temporary dir c:\users\paco\appdata\local\temp\pip_build_Paco...
Command python setup.py egg_info failed with error code 1 in c:\users\paco\appdata\local\temp\pip_build_Paco\cryptography
Exception information:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "D:\Anaconda\lib\site-packages\pip-1.5.4-py2.7.egg\pip\basecommand.py", line 122, in main
status = self.run(options, args)
File "D:\Anaconda\lib\site-packages\pip-1.5.4-py2.7.egg\pip\commands\install.py", line 278, in run
requirement_set.prepare_files(finder, force_root_egg_info=self.bundle, bundle=self.bundle)
File "D:\Anaconda\lib\site-packages\pip-1.5.4-py2.7.egg\pip\req.py", line 1229, in prepare_files
req_to_install.run_egg_info()
File "D:\Anaconda\lib\site-packages\pip-1.5.4-py2.7.egg\pip\req.py", line 325, in run_egg_info
command_desc='python setup.py egg_info')
File "D:\Anaconda\lib\site-packages\pip-1.5.4-py2.7.egg\pip\util.py", line 697, in call_subprocess
% (command_desc, proc.returncode, cwd))
InstallationError: Command python setup.py egg_info failed with error code 1 in c:\users\paco\appdata\local\temp\pip_build_Paco\cryptography
I found other egg_info error posts (here and here) but the solutions there provided wouldn't solve my problem. Also, I am able to install other packages through PIP.
PIP version 1.5.4 setuptools version 2.2
Best Answer
I had a similar issue, and found I was simply missing a dependency (libssl-dev, for me). As referenced in https://cryptography.io/en/latest/installation/, ensure that all dependencies are met:
On Windows
If you’re on Windows you’ll need to make sure you have OpenSSL installed. There are pre-compiled binaries available. If your installation is in an unusual location set the LIB and INCLUDE environment variables to include the corresponding locations. For example:
Building cryptography on Linux
cryptography should build very easily on Linux provided you have a C compiler, headers for Python (if you’re not using pypy), and headers for the OpenSSL and libffi libraries available on your system.
For Debian and Ubuntu, the following command will ensure that the required dependencies are installed:
For Fedora and RHEL-derivatives, the following command will ensure that the required dependencies are installed:
You should now be able to build and install cryptography with the usual.