Namespace package with both tarball and egg in Python

Question

I\'ve followed this tutorial to make a package with namespace. Then I use pip install xxx.tar.gz to install and everything works like expect.

The problem is

Answer 1

I just ran into the same problem (I think). It appears that this is a well known problem. The solution given to me was to just use pip for everything. I was specifically using python setup.py install alongside pip install w/e and it wasn't working, I'm guessing yours is roughly the same problem.