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cfn cli fails to install following the provided instructions

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While following the installation instructions detailed in the guide, cfn cli fails to install. Command used for installation:

source env/bin/activate
pip3 install cloudformation-cli cloudformation-cli-python-plugin
pip3 install --upgrade cloudformation-cli cloudformation-cli-python-plugin

Result when running cfn init

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/ec2-user/environment/CloudFormationCLI/env/bin/cfn", line 5, in <module>
    from rpdk.core.cli import main
  File "/home/ec2-user/environment/CloudFormationCLI/env/lib64/python3.7/site-packages/rpdk/core/cli.py", line 12, in <module>
    from .build_image import setup_subparser as build_image_setup_subparser
  File "/home/ec2-user/environment/CloudFormationCLI/env/lib64/python3.7/site-packages/rpdk/core/build_image.py", line 11, in <module>
    from .project import Project
  File "/home/ec2-user/environment/CloudFormationCLI/env/lib64/python3.7/site-packages/rpdk/core/project.py", line 12, in <module>
    from jinja2 import Environment, PackageLoader, select_autoescape
  File "/home/ec2-user/environment/CloudFormationCLI/env/lib64/python3.7/site-packages/jinja2/__init__.py", line 12, in <module>
    from .environment import Environment
  File "/home/ec2-user/environment/CloudFormationCLI/env/lib64/python3.7/site-packages/jinja2/environment.py", line 25, in <module>
    from .defaults import BLOCK_END_STRING
  File "/home/ec2-user/environment/CloudFormationCLI/env/lib64/python3.7/site-packages/jinja2/defaults.py", line 3, in <module>
    from .filters import FILTERS as DEFAULT_FILTERS  # noqa: F401
  File "/home/ec2-user/environment/CloudFormationCLI/env/lib64/python3.7/site-packages/jinja2/filters.py", line 13, in <module>
    from markupsafe import soft_unicode
ImportError: cannot import name 'soft_unicode' from 'markupsafe' (/home/ec2-user/environment/CloudFormationCLI/env/lib64/python3.7/site-packages/markupsafe/__init__.py)

To clarify, markupsafe is already installed:

Requirement already satisfied: markupsafe in /home/ec2-user/environment/CloudFormationCLI/env/lib/python3.7/site-packages (2.1.0)``

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Created 2 years ago
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Comments:5 (1 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

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benbridtscommented, Feb 22, 2022

@osdrv @beck3905 Can you try installing an older version of markupsafe as a workaround:

pip install markupsafe==2.0.1

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osdrvcommented, Feb 25, 2022

@ammokhov 's patch fixed my problem. Many thanks!

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