problems with easy_install pycrypto
I'm trying install pycrypto on osx with easy_install and I'm getting the following error:
easy_install pycrypto
Searching for pycrypto
Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/pycrypto/
Reading http://pycrypto.sourceforge.net
Reading http://www.pycrypto.org/
Reading http://www.amk.ca/python/code/crypto
Best match: pycrypto 2.3
Downloading http://ftp.dlitz.net/pub/dlitz/crypto/pycrypto/pycrypto-2.3.tar.gz
Processing pycrypto-2.3.tar.gz
Running pycrypto-2.3/setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir /var/folders/3D/3D07iptvHZuzuYaeQDMFIU+++TI/-Tmp-/easy_install-00HgRU/pycrypto-2.3/egg-dist-tmp-BWGYsg
warning: GMP library not found; Not building Crypto.PublicKey._fastmath.
/usr/libexec/gcc/powerpc-apple-darwin10/4.2.1/as: assembler (/usr/bin/../libexec/gcc/darwin/ppc/as or /usr/bin/../local/libexec/gcc/darwin/ppc/as) for architecture ppc not installed
Installed assemblers are:
/usr/bin/../libexec/gcc/darwin/x86_64/as for architecture x86_64
/usr/bin/../libexec/gcc/darwin/i386/as for architecture i386
src/MD2.c:134: fatal error: error writing to -: Broken pipe
compilation terminated.
lipo: can't open input file: /var/folders/3D/3D07iptvHZuzuYaeQDMFIU+++TI/-Tmp-//ccoXuPRo.out (No such file or directory)
error: Setup script exited with error: command 'gcc-4.2' failed with exit status 1
Answer
I have this in my ~/.bash_profile to address this very issue:
# Set compile flags to not try to compile for PPC (no longer supported by xcode 4)
# (this is required for eg building pycrypto)
export ARCHFLAGS="-arch i386 -arch x86_64"