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ImportError: cannot import name 'Path' from 'virtualenv.util.path'
See original GitHub issueIssue
I was trying to create a new python virtual environment to install some isolated dependencies, but then i get
$ virtualenv
ImportError: cannot import name 'Path' from 'virtualenv.util.path' (/home/ants/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/virtualenv/util/path/__init__.py)
which never happened before 🤔
Environment
version:
$ virtualenv --version
virtualenv 20.16.3.dev3+gb18f733 from /home/ants/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/virtualenv/__init__.py
OS:
$ uname -a
Linux archasus 5.18.14-arch1-1 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Sat, 23 Jul 2022 11:46:17 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux
host python where virtualenv is installed:
Click to expand pip list
$ pip list
Package Version
----------------------------- ---------------------
agate 1.6.3
agate-dbf 0.2.2
agate-excel 0.2.5
agate-sql 0.5.8
alabaster 0.7.12
anyio 3.6.1
apipkg 2.1.1
appdirs 1.4.4
arandr 0.1.10
argcomplete 2.0.0
argon2-cffi 21.3.0
argon2-cffi-bindings 21.2.0
asciidoc 10.2.0
asciinema 2.2.0
astroid 2.12.2
asttokens 2.0.5
async-generator 1.10
attrs 21.4.0
autopep8 1.6.0
awscli 1.25.17
Babel 2.10.3
backcall 0.2.0
beautifulsoup4 4.11.1
black 22.6.0
bleach 4.1.0
botocore 1.27.27
Brlapi 0.8.4
btrfsutil 5.18.1
build 0.8.0
CacheControl 0.12.6
cachetools 4.2.4
cachy 0.3.0
cairocffi 1.3.0
certifi 2022.6.15
cffi 1.15.1
chardet 4.0.0
cleo 0.8.1
click 8.1.3
clikit 0.6.2
cloudpickle 2.1.0
colorama 0.4.5
commonmark 0.9.1
contextlib2 21.6.0
crashtest 0.3.1
cryptography 37.0.4
csvkit 1.0.6
dbfread 2.0.7
dbus-next 0.2.3
debugpy 1.5.1
decorator 5.1.1
defusedxml 0.7.1
deprecation 2.1.0
dill 0.3.4
distlib 0.3.5
distro 1.7.0
dmenu-extended 0.1.0
dnspython 2.2.1
docopt 0.6.2
docutils 0.19
entrypoints 0.4
et-xmlfile 1.1.0
ewmh 0.1.6
executing 0.8.2
fastjsonschema 2.16.1
filelock 3.6.0
flake8 4.0.1
flake8-black 0.3.3
Flask 2.0.2
future 0.18.2
fuzzywuzzy 0.18.0
gcalcli 4.3.0
google-api-core 2.3.2
google-api-python-client 2.34.0
google-auth 2.3.3
google-auth-httplib2 0.1.0
googleapis-common-protos 1.54.0
greenlet 1.1.2
grip 4.5.2
guake 3.9.1.dev0
html5lib 1.1
httplib2 0.20.2
idna 3.3
imagesize 1.4.1
importlib-metadata 4.8.1
iniconfig 1.1.1
installer 0.5.1
ipdb 0.13.9
ipykernel 6.7.0
ipython 8.0.0
ipython-genutils 0.2.0
ipywidgets 7.6.5
isodate 0.6.1
isort 5.10.1
itsdangerous 2.0.1
iwlib 1.7.0
jaraco.context 4.1.1
jaraco.functools 3.5.1
jaraco.text 3.8.1
jedi 0.18.1
jeepney 0.7.1
Jinja2 3.1.2
jmespath 1.0.0
json5 0.9.8
jsonschema 4.3.3
jupyter-client 7.1.2
jupyter-console 6.4.3
jupyter-core 4.9.2
jupyter-packaging 0.12.2
jupyter-server 1.18.1
jupyterlab 3.4.4
jupyterlab-pygments 0.1.2
jupyterlab-server 2.15.0
jupyterlab-widgets 1.0.2
keyring 23.4.0
keyutils 0.6
lark-parser 0.12.0
lazy-object-proxy 1.7.1
leather 0.3.4
lensfun 0.3.3
libfdt 1.6.1
lit 14.0.6.dev0
lockfile 0.12.2
louis 3.22.0
Markdown 3.4.1
MarkupSafe 2.1.1
matplotlib-inline 0.1.3
mccabe 0.7.0
meson 0.63.0
mistune 0.8.4
more-itertools 8.13.0
mpi4py 3.1.3
msgpack 1.0.3
mypy-extensions 0.4.3
nbclient 0.5.10
nbconvert 6.4.0
nbformat 5.1.3
nest-asyncio 1.5.4
netsnmp-python 1.0a1
nose 1.3.7
notebook 6.4.12
notebook-shim 0.1.0
nspektr 0.4.0
numpy 1.23.1
oauth2client 4.1.3
olefile 0.46
openpyxl 3.0.10
ordered-set 4.0.2
packaging 21.3
pandocfilters 1.5.0
parsedatetime 2.6
parso 0.8.3
pass-import 3.2
pastel 0.2.1
path-and-address 2.0.1
pathspec 0.9.0
pbr 5.8.0
pep517 0.12.0
pexpect 4.8.0
pickleshare 0.7.5
Pillow 9.2.0
pip 22.2.1
pipenv 2022.7.4
pkgconfig 1.5.5
pkginfo 1.8.3
platformdirs 2.5.1
pluggy 1.0.0
ply 3.11
poetry 1.1.14
poetry-core 1.0.8
progress 1.6
prometheus-client 0.12.0
prompt-toolkit 3.0.24
protobuf 3.19.1
psutil 5.9.0
ptipython 1.0.1
ptpython 3.0.20
ptyprocess 0.7.0
pulsemixer 1.5.1
pure-eval 0.2.1
py 1.11.0
pyaml 21.10.1
pyasn1 0.4.8
pyasn1-modules 0.2.8
pycairo 1.21.0
pycodestyle 2.8.0
pycparser 2.21
pyfiglet 0.8.post1
pyflakes 2.4.0
Pygments 2.12.0
PyGObject 3.42.2
PyICU 2.9
pylev 1.4.0
pylint 2.14.5
pynvim 0.4.3
PyOpenGL 3.1.6
pyOpenSSL 22.0.0
pyparsing 3.0.9
PyQt5 5.15.7
PyQt5-sip 12.11.0
PyQtWebEngine 5.15.6
pyrsistent 0.18.0
pyserial 3.5
PySide2 5.15.5
pyte 0.8.0
pytest 7.1.2
python-dateutil 2.8.2
python-distutils-extra 2.39
python-slugify 6.1.2
python-telegram 0.15.0
python-xlib 0.31
pytimeparse 1.1.8
pytz 2022.1
pyxdg 0.28
PyYAML 6.0
pyzmq 22.3.0
qtconsole 5.2.2
qtile 0.21.0
qtile-extras 0.1.dev140+g159eb19
QtPy 2.0.0
qutebrowser 2.5.2
ranger-fm 1.9.3
requests 2.27.1
requests-toolbelt 0.9.1
requests-unixsocket 0.3.0
resolvelib 0.8.1
retrying 1.3.3
rich 12.5.0
rsa 4.8
ruamel.yaml 0.16.13
s3transfer 0.6.0
screenkey 1.5
SecretStorage 3.3.2
Send2Trash 1.8.0
setproctitle 1.2.3
setuptools 61.3.1
shellingham 1.4.0
shiboken2 5.15.5
shtab 1.5.5
six 1.16.0
sniffio 1.2.0
snowballstemmer 2.2.0
soupsieve 2.3.2.post1
Sphinx 5.1.1
sphinx-rtd-theme 1.0.0
sphinxcontrib-applehelp 1.0.2
sphinxcontrib-devhelp 1.0.2
sphinxcontrib-htmlhelp 2.0.0
sphinxcontrib-jsmath 1.0.1
sphinxcontrib-qthelp 1.0.3
sphinxcontrib-serializinghtml 1.1.5
SQLAlchemy 1.4.39
stack-data 0.1.4
stevedore 3.5.0
TBB 0.2
team 1.0
tenacity 8.0.1
termcolor 1.1.0
termdown 1.18.0
terminado 0.12.1
testpath 0.5.0
text-unidecode 1.3
tg 0.19.0
tinycss2 1.1.1
tldr 3.1.0
toml 0.10.2
tomli 2.0.1
tomlkit 0.11.1
tornado 6.1
tqdm 4.64.0
traitlets 5.1.1
trove-classifiers 2022.7.22
typed-argument-parser 1.7.2
typing-extensions 3.10.0.2
typing-inspect 0.7.1
udiskie 2.4.2
ueberzug 18.1.9
ufw 0.36.1
uritemplate 4.1.1
urllib3 1.26.9
validate-pyproject 0.9
virtualenv 20.16.3.dev3+gb18f733
virtualenv-clone 0.5.7
virtualenvwrapper 4.8.4
virtualfish 2.5.4
wcwidth 0.2.5
webencodings 0.5.1
websocket-client 1.3.3
Werkzeug 2.0.2
wheel 0.37.1
widgetsnbextension 3.5.2
wrapt 1.14.1
xcffib 0.11.1
xlrd 2.0.1
xmltodict 0.13.0
xonsh 0.13.0
xontrib-fzf-widgets 0.0.4
xontrib-z 0.4
youtube-dl 2021.12.17
zipp 3.8.1
Output of the virtual environment creation
$ virtualenv -vvv --with-traceback
544 setup logging to NOTSET [DEBUG report:35]
556 find interpreter for spec PythonSpec(path=/usr/bin/python) [INFO builtin:56]
556 proposed PythonInfo(spec=CPython3.10.5.final.0-64, exe=/usr/bin/python, platform=linux, version='3.10.5 (main, Jun 6 2022, 18:49:26) [GCC 12.1.0]', encoding_fs_io=utf-8-utf-8) [INFO builtin:63]
556 accepted PythonInfo(spec=CPython3.10.5.final.0-64, exe=/usr/bin/python, platform=linux, version='3.10.5 (main, Jun 6 2022, 18:49:26) [GCC 12.1.0]', encoding_fs_io=utf-8-utf-8) [DEBUG builtin:65]
557 filesystem is case-sensitive [DEBUG info:24]
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/ants/.local/bin/virtualenv", line 8, in <module>
sys.exit(run_with_catch())
File "/home/ants/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/virtualenv/__main__.py", line 54, in run_with_catch
run(args, options, env)
File "/home/ants/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/virtualenv/__main__.py", line 16, in run
session = cli_run(args, options, env)
File "/home/ants/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/virtualenv/run/__init__.py", line 28, in cli_run
of_session = session_via_cli(args, options, setup_logging, env)
File "/home/ants/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/virtualenv/run/__init__.py", line 46, in session_via_cli
parser, elements = build_parser(args, options, setup_logging, env)
File "/home/ants/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/virtualenv/run/__init__.py", line 74, in build_parser
ActivationSelector(interpreter, parser),
File "/home/ants/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/virtualenv/run/plugin/activators.py", line 11, in __init__
(k, v) for k, v in self.options("virtualenv.activate").items() if v.supports(interpreter)
File "/home/ants/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/virtualenv/run/plugin/base.py", line 44, in options
cls._OPTIONS = cls.entry_points_for(key)
File "/home/ants/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/virtualenv/run/plugin/base.py", line 21, in entry_points_for
return OrderedDict((e.name, e.load()) for e in cls.entry_points().select(group=key))
File "/home/ants/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/virtualenv/run/plugin/base.py", line 21, in <genexpr>
return OrderedDict((e.name, e.load()) for e in cls.entry_points().select(group=key))
File "/usr/lib/python3.10/importlib/metadata/__init__.py", line 171, in load
module = import_module(match.group('module'))
File "/usr/lib/python3.10/importlib/__init__.py", line 126, in import_module
return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1050, in _gcd_import
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1027, in _find_and_load
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1006, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 688, in _load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 883, in exec_module
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 241, in _call_with_frames_removed
File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/xonsh/virtualenv/__init__.py", line 2, in <module>
from virtualenv.util.path import Path # type: ignore
ImportError: cannot import name 'Path' from 'virtualenv.util.path' (/home/ants/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/virtualenv/util/path/__init__.py)
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I guess
mv virtualenv-xx.x.xx.dist-info/ backup_virtualenv-xx.x.xx.dist-info/is an safe way to solve this problem. thanks for this problem and your answers, really usefulActually, no, remove any dist-info directories for an older release (if they exist). If you do not have these, then your issue/diagnosis is different to what I have…