python setup.py develop not working

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You can not perform the standard 'develop' set:

Suxmac-2:python_api ajung$ bin/python setup.py develop
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "setup.py", line 5, in <module>
    import marklogic
  File "/Users/ajung/src/python_api/marklogic/__init__.py", line 22, in <module>
    import requests
ImportError: No module named 'requests'

This is basically a chicken egg problem. 'requests' is defined as dependency but it is already an uninstalled dependency.