Troubleshooting installation of 4Suite 1.0
"ImportError: cannot import name GetConfigVar"
Problem: using easy_install you get a traceback such as:
# easy_install -U 4Suite-XML
Searching for 4Suite-XML
Reading http://www.python.org/pypi/4Suite-XML/
Reading http://4suite.org/
Reading http://www.python.org/pypi/4Suite-XML/1.0
Best match: 4Suite-XML 1.0
Downloading http://cheeseshop.python.org/packages/source/4/4Suite-XML/4Suite-XML-1.0.zip#md5=6c829716aa807f0c78ffb0ffd4070887
Processing 4Suite-XML-1.0.zip
Running 4Suite-XML-1.0/setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir /tmp/easy_install-DfNEm6/4Suite-XML-1.0/egg-dist-tmp-Bi-wfS
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/easy_install", line 7, in ?
sys.exit(
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c3-py2.4.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 1588, in main
with_ei_usage(lambda:
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c3-py2.4.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 1577, in with_ei_usage
return f()
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c3-py2.4.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 1592, in <lambda>
distclass=DistributionWithoutHelpCommands, **kw
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/distutils/core.py", line 149, in setup
dist.run_commands()
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/distutils/dist.py", line 946, in run_commands
self.run_command(cmd)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/distutils/dist.py", line 966, in run_command
cmd_obj.run()
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c3-py2.4.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 211, in run
self.easy_install(spec, not self.no_deps)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c3-py2.4.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 446, in easy_install
return self.install_item(spec, dist.location, tmpdir, deps)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c3-py2.4.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 471, in install_item
dists = self.install_eggs(spec, download, tmpdir)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c3-py2.4.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 655, in install_eggs
return self.build_and_install(setup_script, setup_base)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c3-py2.4.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 930, in build_and_install
self.run_setup(setup_script, setup_base, args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c3-py2.4.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 919, in run_setup
run_setup(setup_script, args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c3-py2.4.egg/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 26, in run_setup
DirectorySandbox(setup_dir).run(
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c3-py2.4.egg/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 63, in run
return func()
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c3-py2.4.egg/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 29, in <lambda>
{'__file__':setup_script, '__name__':'__main__'}
File "setup.py", line 88, in ?
File "/tmp/easy_install-DfNEm6/4Suite-XML-1.0/Ft/Lib/DistExt/__init__.py", line 48, in setup
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/distutils/core.py", line 149, in setup
dist.run_commands()
File "/tmp/easy_install-DfNEm6/4Suite-XML-1.0/Ft/Lib/DistExt/PackageManager.py", line 548, in run_commands
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/distutils/dist.py", line 966, in run_command
cmd_obj.run()
File "/tmp/easy_install-DfNEm6/4Suite-XML-1.0/Ft/Lib/DistExt/BDistEgg.py", line 92, in run
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c3-py2.4.egg/setuptools/__init__.py", line 58, in reinitialize_command
cmd = _Command.reinitialize_command(self, command, reinit_subcommands)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/distutils/cmd.py", line 325, in reinitialize_command
return self.distribution.reinitialize_command(
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/distutils/dist.py", line 917, in reinitialize_command
command = self.get_command_obj(command_name)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/distutils/dist.py", line 840, in get_command_obj
klass = self.get_command_class(command)
File "/tmp/easy_install-DfNEm6/4Suite-XML-1.0/Ft/Lib/DistExt/Dist.py", line 565, in get_command_class
File "/tmp/easy_install-DfNEm6/4Suite-XML-1.0/Ft/Lib/DistExt/InstallHtml.py", line 3, in ?
File "/tmp/easy_install-DfNEm6/4Suite-XML-1.0/Ft/Lib/DistExt/InstallDocs.py", line 6, in ?
ImportError: cannot import name GetConfigVar*Solution:* You probably have an old 4Suite egg hanging around. Remove it. e.g.:
# rm -rf /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/4Suite-1.0b6-py2.4-linux-i686.egg/