"Import by filename is not supported" when trying to run

[bdfariello]

I tried running "python -m rfhub" and it failed ("No module named rfhub/")

I found where rfhub was installed, and ran "python -m ./rfhub/" and Python responded with "Relative module names not supported"

Next I ran using the absolute path, and now it responds with "Import by filename is not supported"

Just to be sure, I also echoed $PYTHONPATH and confirmed that this location actually is on my python path (it is).

Any ideas for what I'm doing wrong? I have Python 2.7.8 installed, in case that matters. Does this require 2.7.10?

[boakley]

If you got the message "No module named rfhub/", then you are probably running it as "python -m rfhub/". Note the trailing slash. Please double-check that you aren't including a trailing slash when you specify the module name.

On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 4:58 PM, bdfariello notifications@github.com wrote:

I tried running "python -m rfhub" and it failed ("No module named rfhub/")

I found where rfhub was installed, and ran "python -m ./rfhub/" and Python responded with "Relative module names not supported"

Next I ran using the absolute path, and now it responds with "Import by filename is not supported"

Just to be sure, I also echoed $PYTHONPATH and confirmed that this location actually is on my python path (it is).

Any ideas for what I'm doing wrong? I have Python 2.7.8 installed, in case that matters. Does this require 2.7.10?

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[bdfariello]

Yup, I'm not including a trailing slash anymore. I got past that one and a second error. My current error is "Import by filename is not supported"

Bens-MacBook-Pro-2:site-packages benfariello$ python -m /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/rfhub /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Resources/Python.app/Contents/MacOS/Python: Import by filename is not supported.

This is also running on OSX, which is probably obvious at this point :)

[boakley]

Just like the error says, you can't do that. The proper way to start is just like in the documentation says: 'python -m rfhub'. If you do that, and if it is installed properly, I don't think it's possible to get the error you say you do.

--bryan

On Jul 13, 2015, at 6:00 PM, bdfariello notifications@github.com wrote:

Yup, I'm not including a trailing slash anymore. I got past that one and a second error. My current error is "Import by filename is not supported"

Bens-MacBook-Pro-2:site-packages benfariello$ python -m /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/rfhub /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Resources/Python.app/Contents/MacOS/Python: Import by filename is not supported.

This is also running on OSX, which is probably obvious at this point :)

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[bdfariello]

I installed via sudo pip install robotframework-hub, and I promise I'm not making it up :) I had tried the exact command from the documentation before trying other alternatives (e.g. trying to use the absolute path).

Bens-MacBook-Pro-2:~ benfariello$ python -m rfhub /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Resources/Python.app/Contents/MacOS/Python: No module named pkg_resources; 'rfhub' is a package and cannot be directly executed

That's why I asked before if this required Python 2.7.10, since it isn't working for me with Python 2.7.8. Or maybe it's platform dependent? I'm on OSX 10.9.5. The last alternative I can think of if there's an unresolved dependency someone, though I thought pip generally took care of dependencies.

If you think it might help, I can also email you the "pip install" output as well.

[boakley]

Well, to be fair, 'rfhub' is a package and cannot be directly executed and No module named pkg_resources are a different problem than you first reported.

rfhub doesn't require python 2.7.10. I use 2.7.8 on a mac for development and it works fine for me. Unfortunately, I can't duplicate your problem.

What happens if you type the following command?

python -c 'import rfhub; print rfhub.__version__'

You should see this as output: 0.8.3. Also, make sure that python --version shows something in the 2.7 series. Also, do you have any files or folders named "rfhub" that might be interfering?

Finally, do you have setuptools installed (pip install setuptools)?

[bdfariello]

Thanks for helping me through this. I probably could have figured it out on my own if I'd started at the beginning of the day, but because it was quittin' time I Googled first. So, for the next guy that Googles first, running that command gave me an import error:

ImportError: No module named pkg_resources

I had setuptools installed already, but I did find a StackOverflow link that suggested I update 'setuptools' and 'distribute' (pip install --upgrade setuptools and pip install --upgrade distribute): http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7446187/no-module-named-pkg-resources

After doing these, everything works as expected and I can now browse to http://127.0.0.1:7070/doc/ as expected. Thanks again!