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Installation error when running "pip install fbchat"

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Description

## fbchat fails to install

# Example code
```
pip install fbchat
```

## Traceback
```
Collecting fbchat
Collecting enum34; python_version < "3.4" (from fbchat)
Using cached https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/c5/db/e56e6b4bbac7c4a06de1c50de6fe1ef3810018ae11732a50f15f62c7d050/enum34-1.1.6-py2-none-any.whl
Installing collected packages: enum34, fbchat
Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\cli\base_command.py", line 143, in main
status = self.run(options, args)
File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\commands\install.py", line 366, in run
use_user_site=options.use_user_site,
File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\req\__init__.py", line 49, in install_given_reqs
**kwargs
File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\req\req_install.py", line 760, in install
use_user_site=use_user_site, pycompile=pycompile,
File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\req\req_install.py", line 382, in move_wheel_files
warn_script_location=warn_script_location,
File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\wheel.py", line 326, in move_wheel_files
assert info_dir, "%s .dist-info directory not found" % req
AssertionError: fbchat .dist-info directory not found
```

## Environment information
- Python version 2.7
- windows 10
I have already tried removing the enum34 directories and reinstalling but the error persists.

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