Setup fails on Ubuntu server 20.04.1 LTS

[ignazio-ingenito]

Following the instructions both global and local setups fail

pi@raspberry:~# sudo pip3 install -e .
ERROR: File "setup.py" not found. Directory cannot be installed in editable mode: /home/pi

pi@raspberry:~# pip3 install -e . --user
ERROR: File "setup.py" not found. Directory cannot be installed in editable mode: /home/pi

ubuntu info

pi@raspberry:~$ lsb_release -a
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS
Release:        20.04
Codename:       focal

versions

Python  3.8.5
Pip     20.0.2

[nicmcd]

This doesn't sound like a problem with this package but rather you don't have editable access to the location in which you are trying to install it. Does /home/pi exist? If so, is it editable? Are you able to install other python packages (psutil is a useful one).

[ignazio-ingenito]

pi is the user for my ubuntu / raspberry pi

so /home/pi is the user folder yes, it exixts yes I've got read/write rights yes I've been able to install psutil

pi@ubuntu:~$ pip3 freeze | grep psutil
psutil==5.8.0

[nicmcd]

@ignazio-ingenito, were you able to figure this out?