tasklib errors

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djp@transit:~/tmp/tasklib$ sudo pip install git+git://github.com/tbabej/tasklib@develop
[sudo] password for djp:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/pip", line 9, in <module>
    load_entry_point('pip==1.1', 'console_scripts', 'pip-2.7')()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 337, in load_entry_point
    return get_distribution(dist).load_entry_point(group, name)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2279, in load_entry_point
    return ep.load()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 1989, in load
    entry = __import__(self.module_name, globals(),globals(), ['__name__'])
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/__init__.py", line 11, in <module>
    from pip.basecommand import command_dict, load_command, load_all_commands, command_names
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/basecommand.py", line 11, in <module>
    from pip.baseparser import parser, ConfigOptionParser, UpdatingDefaultsHelpFormatter
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/baseparser.py", line 9, in <module>
    from pip.locations import default_config_file, default_log_file
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/locations.py", line 22, in <module>
    build_prefix = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), 'build')
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory