pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: The 'Sphinx' distribution was not…

[Osndok]

… found and is required by enki

[andreikop]

I'd like to leave Sphinx an optional dependency. Enki starts and works even if Sphinx is not installed. (or used to work in the past). What is the problem with Sphinx?

[bjones1]

How did you install Enki to see this error? What OS and version of Enki? Sphinx should be optional, needed only if's enabled in the Settings | Setting menu.

[Osndok]

I got this message on both of my Fedora machines using the stock/packaged enki. As I recall, the older one was working until a certain upgrade (though exactly which or how long ago, I'm not sure), and "broke on it's own" until I installed the sphinx package.

[andreikop]

@Osndok , could you please paste the console session log which reproduces the problem?

[Osndok]

Sure, but it only prints the stack trace:

$ enki
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/enki", line 5, in <module>
    from pkg_resources import load_entry_point
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2958, in <module>
    @_call_aside
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2944, in _call_aside
    f(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2971, in _initialize_master_working_set
    working_set = WorkingSet._build_master()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 635, in _build_master
    ws.require(__requires__)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 943, in require
    needed = self.resolve(parse_requirements(requirements))
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 829, in resolve
    raise DistributionNotFound(req, requirers)
pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: The 'Sphinx' distribution was not found and is required by enki

Is this what you wanted, or is there a way to get more information than this?

[andreikop]

bin/enki file in the repo looks different. It seems like Fedora had autogenerated some entry point. Probably the problem happened because Sphinx is listed in the setup.py requirements but not in rpm spec. @bjones1 , should we add Sphinx as rpm dependency or remove from the setup.py?

[bjones1]

I would add it -- this makes it easier for users to use Sphinx, and is a fairly small install.

[andreikop]

Thanks, @Osndok!

[Osndok]

I'm glad I could help! I wouldn't want any new users turned away due to such a triviality....