python setup problem

[Firespit]

Hi,
I'm trying to install and follow instructions and got this error :
Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in /private/tmp/pip-build-WOQe0h/netlib
Thanks for everything

[boschkundendienst]

I ran into the same problem because I am not a Python Freak but I googled about "python" and "virtualenv" and in the end I got it working. As far as I remember you just do:

virtualenv ios
This will create a new python environment in the subfolder "ios"

source ios/bin/activate
or
source ios/bin/activate.csh
or
source ios/bin/activate.fish
depending on the shell you use

You should then get a prompt that start with your environment in brackets like this:
(ios) [user@mycomputer]$

Then you can just install mitmproxy with:
pip install mitmproxy

and then execute the script as documented.

If you get errors, it is possible, that your installation already uses python3 and you might have to create a python2 environment instead of a python3 environment. Google will help you to find out! Maybe just use the command "virtualenv2" instead of "virtualenv" and it should work then.