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Re: CYGWIN git cannot install python packages with pip

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
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May 3, 2017, 14:32 UTC
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Hi,
On Wed, 3 May 2017, ankostis wrote:
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> On 3 May 2017 11:47, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
> > On Tue, 2 May 2017, ankostis wrote:
> >
> >> On Windows, with Cygwin-git 02.12.2-1 the python command:
> >> [...]
> >
> > You forgot to mention what python/pip you use (is it the Cygwin one,
> > or a standalone one?). Intentional?
> 
> I have tested it on using WinPython[1] 3.6.1 & 3.5.3.
> WinPython is built out of the "standard" python on Windows.

I am afraid that you run into path conversion problems here. /cygdrive/d/ is something Cygwin understands, but not WinPython nor Git for Windows.

It appears to be difficult to impossible to mix Cygwin with non-Cygwin executables...

Ciao, Johannes

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