pip install mitmproxy egg_info error 1

Question

When I try to install mitmproxy via pip install mitmproxy I get this error:

Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in c:\\users\\sam\\appdata\\local\\temp\\pip-build-7emirj\\netlib

I'm running windows 8.1 and python 2.7.10. Setuptools and distribute are both installed and up to date. How do I fix this and does it have something to do with stuff not being in my PATH ? I have confirmed that the Python directory is in the PATH

Answer 1

It seems mitmproxy requires python 3 and pip3, I just fixed this on Debian. I've installed many dependencies required by it, including pip3 so after all dependencies you'd type pip3 install mitmproxy and it should work. The dependencies are listed in the link below, I also had to add pip3 install cryptography .

Their site has good resources for installation and what to type depending on the platform: http://docs.mitmproxy.org/en/latest/install.html#advanced-installation

The last error I'm running into is mitm is being run by python 2.7, not 3.5. You can figure out which version is running by typing python , then help() and it will be at the top of the prompt.