IOError: Could not build the egg.

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copperhead/setup.py

Line 20 in 6e624e3

from distribute_setup import use_setuptools

$ python setup.py install
Scanning installed packages
Setuptools installation detected at /home/foxx00/Downloads/git/copperhead
Non-egg installation
Removing elements out of the way...
Already patched.
/home/foxx00/Downloads/git/copperhead/setuptools-0.6c9-py2.7.egg-info already patched.
Extracting in /tmp/tmpUEWY6Z
Now working in /tmp/tmpUEWY6Z/distribute-0.6.4
Building a Distribute egg in /home/foxx00/Downloads/git/copperhead
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "setup.py", line 142, in
scripts = scripts,
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/core.py", line 111, in setup
_setup_distribution = dist = klass(attrs)
File "/tmp/tmpUEWY6Z/distribute-0.6.4/setuptools/dist.py", line 224, in init
_Distribution.init(self,attrs)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 287, in init
self.finalize_options()
File "/tmp/tmpUEWY6Z/distribute-0.6.4/setuptools/dist.py", line 257, in finalize_options
ep.load()(self, ep.name, value)
File "/tmp/tmpUEWY6Z/distribute-0.6.4/pkg_resources.py", line 1922, in load
raise ImportError("%r has no %r attribute" % (entry,attr))
ImportError: <module 'setuptools.dist' from '/tmp/tmpUEWY6Z/distribute-0.6.4/setuptools/dist.py'> has no 'check_packages' attribute
/home/foxx00/Downloads/git/copperhead/setuptools-0.6c9-py2.7.egg-info already exists
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "setup.py", line 21, in
use_setuptools()
File "/home/foxx00/Downloads/git/copperhead/distribute_setup.py", line 139, in use_setuptools
return _do_download(version, download_base, to_dir, download_delay)
File "/home/foxx00/Downloads/git/copperhead/distribute_setup.py", line 120, in _do_download
egg = _build_egg(tarball, to_dir)
File "/home/foxx00/Downloads/git/copperhead/distribute_setup.py", line 112, in _build_egg
raise IOError('Could not build the egg.')
IOError: Could not build the egg.

Resolution:
Comment out lines 20, 21 and everything works fine.