BadZipfile, "File is not a zip file"

[willcode4cookiedough]

I have a fresh install of Rasbian stretch lite that is updated and upgraded.

I installed the dependencies and complied following instructions and can verify that setuptools-5.7.zip is downloaded to the Python folder in the cloned repo.

Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Thank you

Extracting in /tmp/tmpejd0zm
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./setup.py", line 4, in
use_setuptools()
File "/home/pi/libs/rpi_ws281x/python/ez_setup.py", line 140, in use_setuptools
return _do_download(version, download_base, to_dir, download_delay)
File "/home/pi/libs/rpi_ws281x/python/ez_setup.py", line 120, in _do_download
_build_egg(egg, archive, to_dir)
File "/home/pi/libs/rpi_ws281x/python/ez_setup.py", line 62, in _build_egg
with archive_context(archive_filename):
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/contextlib.py", line 17, in enter
return self.gen.next()
File "/home/pi/libs/rpi_ws281x/python/ez_setup.py", line 100, in archive_context
with ContextualZipFile(filename) as archive:
File "/home/pi/libs/rpi_ws281x/python/ez_setup.py", line 88, in new
return zipfile.ZipFile(*args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/zipfile.py", line 770, in init
self._RealGetContents()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/zipfile.py", line 813, in _RealGetContents
raise BadZipfile, "File is not a zip file"
zipfile.BadZipfile: File is not a zip file

[Gadgetoid]

If you need the Python library, just sudo pip install rpi_ws281x

[JulioBBL]

I have the same issue, tried instaling through pip with no luck. Every time I try to run my code I get a message that there is no module named 'neopixel'.

Any other method I should try?

[hwassie]

Try:
sudo apt-get install python-pip
and then
python ./setup.py build
again

[hnoesekabel]

Looking at the downloaded setuptools-5.7.zip I saw only the redirect response from the webserver... it was no binary ZIP file, so the error message was correct.

Worked for me: delete the downloaded setuptools-5.7.zip and manually fetch it with wget or curl and then run setup again...

wget https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/s/setuptools/setuptools-5.7.zip
python ./setup.py build
sudo python ./setup.py install

[iknowcss]

@hnoesekabel had the same issue and that worked for me, cheers!

[Ruru-embodied]

@hnoesekabel Thanks! This worked for me. Could I ask how to figure out the setuptools-5.7.zip is a redirect response from the webserver, not binary zip file.

[gilvad]

for me it works when I use pip3 and not pip to install it. Then using python3 to execute the scripts.

[etanx]

Using pip did not work for me. I could install with python3 but I wanted it to run it with python2 like all the others. This manual fetch with wget worked for me!

[john-santose]

This resolved the issue that I was having as well and should be placed as a fix on the main github page for the library. Thanks for finding this workaround.

[Gadgetoid]

Note: the Python bindings left over in this repository are obsolete, you should use: https://github.com/rpi-ws281x/rpi-ws281x-python

Or: sudo pip install rpi_ws281x

You should also use rpi_ws281x instead of neopixel.

Any issues with installing/using Python packages should be raised here: https://github.com/rpi-ws281x/rpi-ws281x-python/issues