{"issue":{"milestone":null,"title":"Windows issue","created_at":"2011-03-14T21:38:07Z","user":{"login":"vbabiy","id":15382,"url":"https://api.github.com/users/vbabiy","avatar_url":"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7639090fe1ef7c934691a5ecb7083a7d?d=https://a248.e.akamai.net/assets.github.com%2Fimages%2Fgravatars%2Fgravatar-140.png","gravatar_id":"7639090fe1ef7c934691a5ecb7083a7d"},"labels":[{"name":"bug","url":"https://api.github.com/repos/pypa/virtualenv/labels/bug","color":"ededed"},{"name":"import","url":"https://api.github.com/repos/pypa/virtualenv/labels/import","color":"ededed"}],"updated_at":"2011-12-30T03:13:19Z","state":"open","id":673526,"pull_request":{"patch_url":null,"html_url":null,"diff_url":null},"closed_at":null,"html_url":"https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/issues/72","body":"I have Windows XP and Python 2.6. When I run the VirtualEnv script, here's what I get:\n\n    \n    #!text\n    C:\\sandboxes>python virtualenv-new.py test-env\n    New python executable in test-env\\Scripts\\python.exe\n    Installing setuptools..............\n      Complete output from command C:\\sandboxes\\test-env\\Scripts\\python.exe -c \"#!python\n    \\\"\\\"\\\"Bootstrap setuptoo...\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \" --always-copy -U setuptools:\n      Traceback (most recent call last):\n      File \"<string>\", line 278, in <module>\n      File \"<string>\", line 210, in main\n      File \"<string>\", line 132, in download_setuptools\n      File \"C:\\Python26\\Lib\\urllib2.py\", line 92, in <module>\n        import httplib\n      File \"C:\\Python26\\Lib\\httplib.py\", line 70, in <module>\n        import socket\n      File \"C:\\Python26\\Lib\\socket.py\", line 46, in <module>\n        import _socket\n    ImportError: No module named _socket\n    ----------------------------------------\n    ...Installing setuptools...done.\n    Traceback (most recent call last):\n      File \"virtualenv-new.py\", line 1475, in <module>\n        main()\n      File \"virtualenv-new.py\", line 528, in main\n        use_distribute=options.use_distribute)\n      File \"virtualenv-new.py\", line 618, in create_environment\n        install_setuptools(py_executable, unzip=unzip_setuptools)\n      File \"virtualenv-new.py\", line 361, in install_setuptools\n        _install_req(py_executable, unzip)\n      File \"virtualenv-new.py\", line 337, in _install_req\n        cwd=cwd)\n      File \"virtualenv-new.py\", line 589, in call_subprocess\n        % (cmd_desc, proc.returncode))\n    OSError: Command C:\\sandboxes\\test-env\\Scripts\\python.exe -c \"#!python\n    \\\"\\\"\\\"Bootstrap setuptoo...\n    \n    \" --always-copy -U setuptools failed with error code 1\n    \n    \n\n\nIf I manually copy C:\\Python26\\DLLs to C:\\sandboxes\\test-env\\DLLs and re-run VirtualEnv script:\nC:\\sandboxes>python virtualenv-new.py test-env\n    *** No error this time\n\n\n---------------------------------------\n- Bitbucket: https://bitbucket.org/ianb/virtualenv/issue/11\n- Originally Reported By: Anonymous\n- Originally Created At: 2009-11-14 22:19:35\n","number":72,"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/pypa/virtualenv/issues/72","comments":17,"assignee":null},"comment":{"created_at":"2011-12-30T03:13:19Z","user":{"login":"thanhlim","id":1195750,"url":"https://api.github.com/users/thanhlim","avatar_url":"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/9649e1e517ca89f4ab7f415bcfdfc783?d=https://a248.e.akamai.net/assets.github.com%2Fimages%2Fgravatars%2Fgravatar-140.png","gravatar_id":"9649e1e517ca89f4ab7f415bcfdfc783"},"updated_at":"2011-12-30T03:13:19Z","id":3309648,"body":"Yep.  I tried using pip to install the latest version and still get the same error.  Plus, I tried just downloading the source and running the install from setup.py.\r\n\r\nI tried a ton of combinations.  My last hope is to just blow away cygwin and install it directly from a command prompt only, and not a cygwin prompt.\r\n","url":"https://api.github.com/repos/pypa/virtualenv/issues/comments/3309648"},"action":"created"}