Installing binwalk on Portable Python

[Peter Mawhorter]

On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 12:56 PM,  <laguna-mc at mail.com> wrote:
> Portable Python 2.7 for Win32 and installed on USB flash drive. I want
> install Binwalk tool, it have a few depencencies,  I installed it first
> (numpy, matplotlib, libmagic,  python-magic)
> Then I tried to install binwalk from locally stored source archive file, I
> tried two ways:
>
> pip install E:\Portable Python 2.7.5.1\binwalk-1.3.0.tar
>
> pip install E:\Portable Python 2.7.5.1\binwalk-1.3.0\src\setup.py
>
> I both cases I got error, below is log:
>
> E:\Portable Python 2.7.5.1\App\Scripts\pip run on 03/17/14 21:25:47
> Exception:
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "E:\Portable Python
> 2.7.5.1\App\lib\site-packages\pip\basecommand.py", line 122, in main
>     status = self.run(options, args)
>   File "E:\Portable Python
> 2.7.5.1\App\lib\site-packages\pip\commands\install.py", line 257, in run
>     InstallRequirement.from_line(name, None))
>   File "E:\Portable Python 2.7.5.1\App\lib\site-packages\pip\req.py", line
> 172, in from_line
>     return cls(req, comes_from, url=url, prereleases=prereleases)
>   File "E:\Portable Python 2.7.5.1\App\lib\site-packages\pip\req.py", line
> 70, in __init__
>     req = pkg_resources.Requirement.parse(req)
>   File "E:\Portable Python
> 2.7.5.1\App\lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pkg_resources.py", line 2606, in
> parse
>     reqs = list(parse_requirements(s))
>   File "E:\Portable Python
> 2.7.5.1\App\lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pkg_resources.py", line 2544, in
> parse_requirements
>     line, p, specs = scan_list(VERSION,LINE_END,line,p,(1,2),"version spec")
>   File "E:\Portable Python
> 2.7.5.1\App\lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pkg_resources.py", line 2512, in
> scan_list
>     raise ValueError("Expected "+item_name+" in",line,"at",line[p:])
> ValueError: ('Expected version spec in', 'E:\\Portable', 'at',
> ':\\Portable')
> -------------------------------------------
>
>
>
> What is wrong with this?
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>From your error it looks like you just need quotes around the path
because it has a space in it.

-Peter Mawhorter