Pip install problem?

[verdurin]

On the same Ubuntu 14.04 VM, I see this problem:

Downloading from URL https://pypi.python.org/packages/2d/2c/5ccbcb897df522c8cdb2fa58befe55dd0ae389e3300e129b1240a90eff1e/easybuild-framework-2.7.0.tar.gz#md5=de062c6825080f613dbcf8542b079f07 (from https://pypi.python.org/simple/easybuild-framework/)
  Running setup.py (path:/tmp/pip_build_root/easybuild-framework/setup.py) egg_info for package easybuild-framework
    ERROR: Running EasyBuild from /tmp/pip_build_root/easybuild-framework does not work (Python packaging weirdness)...
    Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
    ERROR: Running EasyBuild from /tmp/pip_build_root/easybuild-framework does not work (Python packaging weirdness)...

----------------------------------------
Cleaning up...
  Removing temporary dir /tmp/pip_build_root...
Command python setup.py egg_info failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip_build_root/easybuild-framework
Exception information:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/basecommand.py", line 122, in main
    status = self.run(options, args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/commands/install.py", line 278, in run
    requirement_set.prepare_files(finder, force_root_egg_info=self.bundle, bundle=self.bundle)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/req.py", line 1230, in prepare_files
    req_to_install.run_egg_info()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/req.py", line 326, in run_egg_info
    command_desc='python setup.py egg_info')
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/util.py", line 715, in call_subprocess
    % (command_desc, proc.returncode, cwd))
InstallationError: Command python setup.py egg_info failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip_build_root/easybuild-framework