Bug report #7176

sextante plugin doesn't load anymore from build tree

Added by Sandro Santilli about 11 years ago. Updated almost 11 years ago.

Status:Closed
Priority:Normal
Assignee:-
Category:-
Affected QGIS version:master Regression?:No
Operating System: Easy fix?:No
Pull Request or Patch supplied:No Resolution:fixed
Crashes QGIS or corrupts data:No Copied to github as #:16227

Description

Couldn't load plugin 'sextante' from ['/home/strk/.qgis//python/plugins/pyarchinit/modules/gui', '/home/strk/.qgis//python/plugins/pyarchinit/modules/gis', '/home/strk/.qgis//python/plugins/pyarchinit/modules/db', '/home/strk/.qgis//python/plugins/pyarchinit/modules/utility', '/home/strk/.qgis//python/plugins/pyarchinit', '/usr/src/qgis/Quantum-GIS/b/output/python', '/home/strk/.qgis//python', '/home/strk/.qgis//python/plugins', '/usr/src/qgis/Quantum-GIS/b/output/python/plugins', '/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip-1.2.1-py2.7.egg', '/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nik2img-0.8.0-py2.7.egg', '/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/GDAL-1.9.2-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg', '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/PIL', '/home/src/cartodb/cartodb/cartodb20/src/python-varnish', '/usr/lib/python2.7', '/usr/lib/python2.7/plat-linux2', '/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-tk', '/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-old', '/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload', '/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages', '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages', '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gst-0.10', '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gtk-2.0', '/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7', '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ubuntu-sso-client', '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/wx-2.8-gtk2-unicode', '/usr/src/qgis/Quantum-GIS/b/output/python/plugins/fTools/tools']

It used to work. The output build tree is /usr/src/qgis/Quantum-GIS/b/output

History

#1 Updated by Sandro Santilli about 11 years ago

This error may be an old one: #6639

#2 Updated by Alexander Bruy about 11 years ago

Works fine here with latest master. Maybe this was related to missed directory in CMakeLists file, I've just fixed this

#3 Updated by Sandro Santilli about 11 years ago

Fails here with 8f25bcf -- can it be you have sextante installed system-wide ?

#4 Updated by Alexander Bruy about 11 years ago

Sandro Santilli wrote:

Fails here with 8f25bcf -- can it be you have sextante installed system-wide ?

Hmm... there is also SEXTANTE installed with QGIS in /usr/local/share/qgis/python/plugins. Is this system-wide place?

#5 Updated by Sandro Santilli about 11 years ago

Yes, /usr/local/share/qgis/python/plugins does look like a system wide location.
Wipe that out if you can.

I guess it would be useful to have a switch to request NOT to use system-wide plugins. I see that as something possibly useful (to determine compatibility of non-core plugins) but also possibly harmful (to test/debug new installs).

Note that as long as you have old stuff in the system directories you would also not detect errors in the install procedure, as things would still work thanks to stale files...

#6 Updated by Alexander Bruy about 11 years ago

After removing SEXTANTE folder from /usr/local/share/qgis/python/plugins I still can load SEXTANTE when running QGIS from build dir. And I checked, there are no other SEXTANTE copies in home or system-wide directories.

#7 Updated by Sandro Santilli about 11 years ago

I found and removed ~/.qgis/python/plugins/sextante and rebuilt from scratch (wiping out the whole build directory) but still have the same problem. Can it be you've something left in your build tree ?

#8 Updated by Sandro Santilli about 11 years ago

Oops, reading the backtrace may be useful... It ends with:

ImportError: No module named matplotlib.pyplot

Do you know how to fix that ?

#9 Updated by Giovanni Manghi about 11 years ago

Sandro Santilli wrote:

Oops, reading the backtrace may be useful... It ends with:

ImportError: No module named matplotlib.pyplot

Do you know how to fix that ?

try install python-matplotlib ?

#10 Updated by Alexander Bruy about 11 years ago

I think this algs should be disabled because this introduces additional dependency from 3rd party Python module

#11 Updated by Sandro Santilli about 11 years ago

python-matplotlib took me a step forward, but isn't enough: ImportError: No module named tools

Could algs be disabled at runtime when deps aren't found ?

Ideally a user would be informed about the problem and ways to fix it.

#12 Updated by Sandro Santilli about 11 years ago

Alex: still no dice after d31b838
ImportError: No module named scipy

#13 Updated by Alexander Bruy about 11 years ago

Should be fixed with 22256906d7

#14 Updated by Sandro Santilli about 11 years ago

  • Status changed from Open to Closed
  • % Done changed from 0 to 100
  • Resolution set to fixed

Confirmed

#15 Updated by Rudi von Staden about 11 years ago

  • % Done changed from 100 to 50
  • Status changed from Closed to Reopened

I had a similar bug with ImportError: no module named tools. I updated, and now I'm getting "ImportError: No module named psycopg2". I'm reopening the bug assuming it's the same issue.

@Couldn't load plugin 'sextante' from ['/home/rudi/apps/qgis/share/qgis/python', '/home/rudi/.qgis//python', '/home/rudi/.qgis//python/plugins', '/home/rudi/apps/qgis/share/qgis/python/plugins', '/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rst2pdf-0.92-py2.7.egg', '/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/Pygments-1.5-py2.7.egg', '/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages', '/usr/lib/python2.7', '/usr/lib/python2.7/plat-linux2', '/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-tk', '/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-old', '/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload', '/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages', '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages', '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/PIL', '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gst-0.10', '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gtk-2.0', '/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7', '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ubuntu-sso-client', '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ubuntuone-client', '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ubuntuone-control-panel', '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ubuntuone-couch', '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ubuntuone-storage-protocol', '/home/rudi/apps/qgis/share/qgis/python/plugins/fTools/tools']

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/rudi/apps/qgis/share/qgis/python/qgis/utils.py", line 182, in loadPlugin
import(packageName)
File "/home/rudi/apps/qgis/share/qgis/python/qgis/utils.py", line 452, in import
mod = _builtin_import(name, globals, locals, fromlist, level)
File "/home/rudi/apps/qgis/share/qgis/python/plugins/sextante/
_init__.py", line 20, in
from sextante.core.Sextante import runalg, runandload, alghelp, alglist, algoptions, load, loadFromAlg, \\
File "/home/rudi/apps/qgis/share/qgis/python/qgis/utils.py", line 452, in _import
mod = _builtin_import(name, globals, locals, fromlist, level)
File "/home/rudi/apps/qgis/share/qgis/python/plugins/sextante/core/Sextante.py", line 53, in
from sextante.admintools.AdminToolsAlgorithmProvider import AdminToolsAlgorithmProvider
File "/home/rudi/apps/qgis/share/qgis/python/qgis/utils.py", line 452, in _import
mod = _builtin_import(name, globals, locals, fromlist, level)
File "/home/rudi/apps/qgis/share/qgis/python/plugins/sextante/admintools/AdminToolsAlgorithmProvider.py", line 19, in
from sextante.admintools.PostGISExecuteSQL import PostGISExecuteSQL
File "/home/rudi/apps/qgis/share/qgis/python/qgis/utils.py", line 452, in _import
mod = _builtin_import(name, globals, locals, fromlist, level)
File "/home/rudi/apps/qgis/share/qgis/python/plugins/sextante/admintools/PostGISExecuteSQL.py", line 32, in
from sextante.admintools import postgis_utils
File "/home/rudi/apps/qgis/share/qgis/python/qgis/utils.py", line 452, in _import
mod = _builtin_import(name, globals, locals, fromlist, level)
File "/home/rudi/apps/qgis/share/qgis/python/plugins/sextante/admintools/postgis_utils.py", line 39, in
import psycopg2
File "/home/rudi/apps/qgis/share/qgis/python/qgis/utils.py", line 452, in _import
mod = _builtin_import(name, globals, locals, fromlist, level)
ImportError: No module named psycopg2

Python version:
2.7.3 (default, Sep 26 2012, 21:57:08)
[GCC 4.7.2]

QGIS version:
1.9.0-Master Master, ee96d38

Python path: ['/home/rudi/apps/qgis/share/qgis/python', '/home/rudi/.qgis//python', '/home/rudi/.qgis//python/plugins', '/home/rudi/apps/qgis/share/qgis/python/plugins', '/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rst2pdf-0.92-py2.7.egg', '/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/Pygments-1.5-py2.7.egg', '/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages', '/usr/lib/python2.7', '/usr/lib/python2.7/plat-linux2', '/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-tk', '/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-old', '/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload', '/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages', '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages', '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/PIL', '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gst-0.10', '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gtk-2.0', '/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7', '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ubuntu-sso-client', '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ubuntuone-client', '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ubuntuone-control-panel', '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ubuntuone-couch', '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ubuntuone-storage-protocol', '/home/rudi/apps/qgis/share/qgis/python/plugins/fTools/tools']@

#16 Updated by Rudi von Staden about 11 years ago

After 'sudo apt-get install python-psycopg2', QGIS loaded fine. Not sure whether it's an appropriate dependency so leaving open for now.

#17 Updated by maning sambale about 11 years ago

Proposed for closure.

#18 Updated by Simon Dedman almost 11 years ago

Apologies if this is seen as thread-jacking; I have a similar problem which may be related:
Can't install Sextante. Small clip of the fail log (full log available upon request):

"File "C:\\OSGeo4W\\apps\\mapfish_framework-1.0\\site-packages\\psycopg2\\__init__.py", line 55, in
from psycopg2 import tz
ImportError: cannot import name tz

Python version: 2.7.4 (default, Apr 6 2013, 19:54:46) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)]
QGIS version: 1.9.0-Master Master, b805894"

I saw this: http://lethain.com/when-psycopg2-can-t-import-tz/ but I don't think it's exactly the same problem, despite being similar...

p.s. I'm using OSGeo4W.

#19 Updated by Sandro Santilli almost 11 years ago

  • Status changed from Reopened to Closed

Loading sextante from build dir works fine for me as of 58266c145ce6ec2338187cacab2fc2ae948a896d
Simon please use a separate ticket for your problem :)

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