argparse is already included in python3.6 Index: setup.py --- setup.py.orig +++ setup.py @@ -45,6 +45,6 @@ setup(name='tarsnapper', url='http://github.com/miracle2k/tarsnapper', license='BSD', packages=['tarsnapper'], - install_requires = ['argparse>=1.1', 'pyyaml>=3.09', 'python-dateutil>=2.4.0', 'pexpect>=3.1'], + install_requires = ['pyyaml>=3.09', 'python-dateutil>=2.4.0', 'pexpect>=3.1'], **kw )