pip install on windows fails (easily fixable)

[jheeffer]

Environment

Windows 10
Python 3.5.2
Pip 9.0.1 and pip 8.something (which comes with python 3.5.2 install)

Reproduce

1. Have python installed on a path with a space. In my case: C:\Program Files (x86)\Python35-32
2. Run pip3 install git+https://github.com/semio/ddf_utils.git
3. Run ddf

Result:

D:\github\open-numbers\ddf--gapminder--systema_globalis>ddf
failed to create process.

Expected result:

Overview of ddf utils functionality

People at pip repo seem to know about it, but it still appears to pop up?
pypa/pip#2783

Quick manual fix:

1. Open Scripts/ddf-script.py in python install folder
2. Change first line to have quotes around path
   E.g.
   #!c:\program files (x86)\python35-32\python.exe
   to
   #!"c:\program files (x86)\python35-32\python.exe"
3. run ddf
4. Profit.

possibly needed for quick fix:

1. Give modify permissions to users in script folder:
   

[semio]

I will try the work around in https://github.com/tomduck/pandoc-eqnos/blob/master/setup.py

[semio]

hi @jheeffer ,

Can you try updating setuptool too? I think this was fixed in pypa/setuptools#616

run pip3 install -U setuptools and reinstall ddf_utils and try the ddf command again

[jheeffer]

update setuptools fixed it indeed. Please add this to readme for windows users : )!