Google-cloud-python: Can't pip install google-cloud ?

[jgeewax]

(from a customer)

Hi-

I tried installing the newly renamed google-cloud libraries via pip but it doens't look like the python repo got updated.

What this basically means you'd have to use the older gcloud-python version...which is fine but anyone going through our install instructions is in for a surprise (and a pretty miserable experience)

https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/google-cloud-python#quick-start
https://googlecloudplatform.github.io/google-cloud-python/

(env)srashid@srashid-glaptop2:~/Desktop/emulators/pyapp$ pip install google-cloud
Downloading/unpacking google-cloud
Could not find any downloads that satisfy the requirement google-cloud
Cleaning up...
No distributions at all found for google-cloud
Storing debug log for failure in /home/srashid/.pip/pip.log

in pip.log

Downloading/unpacking google-cloud
Getting page https://pypi.python.org/simple/google-cloud/
URLs to search for versions for google-cloud:

• https://pypi.python.org/simple/google-cloud/
  Analyzing links from page https://pypi.python.org/simple/google-cloud/
  Could not find any downloads that satisfy the requirement google-cloud
  Cleaning up...
  Removing temporary dir /home/srashid/Desktop/emulators/pyapp/env/build...
  No distributions at all found for google-cloud
  Exception information:
  Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/srashid/Desktop/emulators/pyapp/env/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/basecommand.py", line 122, in main
  status = self.run(options, args)
  File "/home/srashid/Desktop/emulators/pyapp/env/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/commands/install.py", line 278, in run
  requirement_set.prepare_files(finder, force_root_egg_info=self.bundle, bundle=self.bundle)
  File "/home/srashid/Desktop/emulators/pyapp/env/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/req.py", line 1177, in prepare_files
  url = finder.find_requirement(req_to_install, upgrade=self.upgrade)
  File "/home/srashid/Desktop/emulators/pyapp/env/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/index.py", line 277, in find_requirement
  raise DistributionNotFound('No distributions at all found for %s' % req)
  DistributionNotFound: No distributions at all found for google-cloud

gcloud's references shows:
https://pypi.python.org/simple/gcloud/

bug google-cloud is empty:
https://pypi.python.org/simple/google-cloud/

[daspecster]

I believe once the 0.19.0 release gets cut, that this will be resolved.

See: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/google-cloud-python/pull/2270.

@dhermes, maybe until that release get's cut we should revert the README?

[dhermes]

Indeed. Was planning on getting it in on Thursday but there was some pushback. If we don't have movement on it today we can make those temporary edits.

[ofek]

If so, you can re-open/merge this PR https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/google-cloud-python/pull/2264 and revert it when the migration is complete.

[dhermes]

Thanks for being alert on this @Ofekmeister

[bjwatson]

@dhermes I doubt https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/google-cloud-python/issues/2258 will be done today, so it's your choice what release you would like to cut (0.18.2 or 0.19.0) to address this immediate concern, knowing that the namespace breaking change will be available in another couple days.

[dhermes]

@bjwatson The "immediate concern" can be addressed by just fixing up some docs / README

[bjwatson]

Awesome. Thanks @dhermes.

[dhermes]

The pressing issue is fixed by #2264 but we still need to cut a final monolithic release and then I'll start work in the release-by-service approach.

[ryanmcdowell]

The issue of the install command being wrong was fixed but all of the imports in the examples are still wrong which will cause just as much confusion.

[jorvis]

This is helpful to see. Is this why after installing the modules and following the example for Google Storage I get this?

from google.cloud import storage

which returns:

ImportError: cannot import name storage

[jorvis]

For those of us just finding this, can someone point out the proper place for an example of accessing Google Storage until the fix is done? I just installed from the GitHub trunk and the problem persists.

[dhermes]

@jorvis Check out http://google-cloud-python.readthedocs.io/en/stable/ and/or https://googlecloudplatform.github.io/google-cloud-python/stable/

The README on https://pypi.python.org/pypi/gcloud is also correct.

[dhermes]

Pre-emptively closing since once the tag builds this will be on PyPI. (The build has been waiting to start for 40+ minutes, so hopefully soon.)