I cant install Electrum on my Linux Mint Nadia:
sudo pip install http://download.electrum.org/Electrum-1.9.6.tar.gz#md5=0d92d137ba26136f3908f2bf50271fe3
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/pip", line 5, in
from pkg_resources import load_entry_point
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2835, in
add_activation_listener(lambda dist: dist.activate())
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 704, in subscribe
callback(dist)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2835, in
add_activation_listener(lambda dist: dist.activate())
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2262, in activate
map(declare_namespace, self._get_metadata('namespace_packages.txt'))
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 1847, in declare_namespace
_handle_ns(packageName, path_item)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 1804, in _handle_ns
loader = importer.find_module(packageName)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/pkgutil.py", line 186, in find_module
file, filename, etc = imp.find_module(subname, path)
TypeError: must be string without null bytes, not str
and
sudo pip install slowaes
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/pip", line 5, in
from pkg_resources import load_entry_point
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2835, in
add_activation_listener(lambda dist: dist.activate())
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 704, in subscribe
callback(dist)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2835, in
add_activation_listener(lambda dist: dist.activate())
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2262, in activate
map(declare_namespace, self._get_metadata('namespace_packages.txt'))
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 1847, in declare_namespace
_handle_ns(packageName, path_item)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 1804, in _handle_ns
loader = importer.find_module(packageName)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/pkgutil.py", line 186, in find_module
file, filename, etc = imp.find_module(subname, path)
TypeError: must be string without null bytes, not str
Seems my Python lib installation is broken somehow but I have no clue what it could be. Tried googling to no avail.
Please help