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wordcloud problems (python3.7)

See original GitHub issue

Running the script only works with 3.7 for me and generates the following error after installing all dependencies for the correct version with “python3.7 -m pip install -r requirements.txt”:

Generating Word Cloud.....
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "report.py", line 234, in <module>
    visual.wordCloud()
  File "report.py", line 83, in wordCloud
    max_words=380,contour_width=2, prefer_horizontal=1).generate(unique_string)
  File "/home/flew/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/wordcloud/wordcloud.py", line 619, in generate
    return self.generate_from_text(text)
  File "/home/flew/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/wordcloud/wordcloud.py", line 601, in generate_from_text
    self.generate_from_frequencies(words)
  File "/home/flew/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/wordcloud/wordcloud.py", line 434, in generate_from_frequencies
    max_font_size=self.height)
  File "/home/flew/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/wordcloud/wordcloud.py", line 483, in generate_from_frequencies
    font = ImageFont.truetype(self.font_path, font_size)
  File "/home/flew/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/PIL/ImageFont.py", line 640, in truetype
    return freetype(font)
  File "/home/flew/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/PIL/ImageFont.py", line 637, in freetype
    return FreeTypeFont(font, size, index, encoding, layout_engine)
  File "/home/flew/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/PIL/ImageFont.py", line 186, in __init__
    font, size, index, encoding, layout_engine=layout_engine
OSError: cannot open resource
Error in sys.excepthook:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport_python_hook.py", line 63, in apport_excepthook
    from apport.fileutils import likely_packaged, get_recent_crashes
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/__init__.py", line 5, in <module>
    from apport.report import Report
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/report.py", line 30, in <module>
    import apport.fileutils
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/fileutils.py", line 23, in <module>
    from apport.packaging_impl import impl as packaging
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/packaging_impl.py", line 24, in <module>
    import apt
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/__init__.py", line 23, in <module>
    import apt_pkg
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'apt_pkg'

Original exception was:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "report.py", line 234, in <module>
    visual.wordCloud()
  File "report.py", line 83, in wordCloud
    max_words=380,contour_width=2, prefer_horizontal=1).generate(unique_string)
  File "/home/flew/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/wordcloud/wordcloud.py", line 619, in generate
    return self.generate_from_text(text)
  File "/home/flew/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/wordcloud/wordcloud.py", line 601, in generate_from_text
    self.generate_from_frequencies(words)
  File "/home/flew/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/wordcloud/wordcloud.py", line 434, in generate_from_frequencies
    max_font_size=self.height)
  File "/home/flew/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/wordcloud/wordcloud.py", line 483, in generate_from_frequencies
    font = ImageFont.truetype(self.font_path, font_size)
  File "/home/flew/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/PIL/ImageFont.py", line 640, in truetype
    return freetype(font)
  File "/home/flew/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/PIL/ImageFont.py", line 637, in freetype
    return FreeTypeFont(font, size, index, encoding, layout_engine)
  File "/home/flew/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/PIL/ImageFont.py", line 186, in __init__
    font, size, index, encoding, layout_engine=layout_engine
OSError: cannot open resource