ImportError: No module named optparse.

[biergaizi]

Many Python Programs depends on Virtualenv, but I can not get it works on Gentoo ~mips N32. As an example, it caused Firefox unbuildable.

But both Python 2 & 3 works well on the system, it seems some files are not copied/symlinked to the prefix correctly. /lib on N32 is not a symlink of /lib32 or /lib64, maybe it is the reason?

As a Pythonista, I don't know the actual reason...

➜  virtualenv-1.11.4  ./virtualenv.py test_virtualenv 
New python executable in test_virtualenv/bin/python2.7 
Not overwriting existing python script test_virtualenv/bin/python (you must use test_virtualenv/bin/python2.7) 
Installing setuptools, pip... 
  Complete output from command /tmp/virtualenv-1.11...ualenv/bin/python2.7 -c "import sys, pip; sys...d\"] + sys.argv[1:]))" setuptools pip: 
  Traceback (most recent call last): 
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module> 
  File "/tmp/virtualenv-1.11.4/virtualenv_support/pip-1.5.4-py2.py3-none-any.whl/pip/__init__.py", line 3, in <module> 
ImportError: No module named optparse 
---------------------------------------- 
...Installing setuptools, pip...done. 
Traceback (most recent call last): 
  File "./virtualenv.py", line 2338, in <module> 
    main() 
  File "./virtualenv.py", line 824, in main 
    symlink=options.symlink) 
  File "./virtualenv.py", line 992, in create_environment 
    install_wheel(to_install, py_executable, search_dirs) 
  File "./virtualenv.py", line 960, in install_wheel 
    'PIP_NO_INDEX': '1' 
  File "./virtualenv.py", line 902, in call_subprocess 
    % (cmd_desc, proc.returncode)) 
OSError: Command /tmp/virtualenv-1.11...ualenv/bin/python2.7 -c "import sys, pip; sys...d\"] + sys.argv[1:]))" setuptools pip failed with error code 1 

test_virtualenv 
├── bin 
│   ├── python -> python2.7 
│   ├── python2 -> python2.7 
│   └── python2.7 
├── include 
│   └── python2.7 -> /usr/include/python2.7 
├── lib 
│   └── python2.7 
│       ├── config -> /usr/lib32/python2.7/config 
│       ├── lib-dynload -> /usr/lib32/python2.7/lib-dynload 
│       └── site-packages 
└── lib32 
    └── python2.7 
        ├── _abcoll.py -> /usr/lib32/python2.7/_abcoll.py 
        ├── _abcoll.pyc 
        ├── abc.py -> /usr/lib32/python2.7/abc.py 
        ├── abc.pyc 
        ├── codecs.py -> /usr/lib32/python2.7/codecs.py 
        ├── codecs.pyc 
        ├── copy_reg.py -> /usr/lib32/python2.7/copy_reg.py 
        ├── copy_reg.pyc 
        ├── distutils 
        │   ├── distutils.cfg 
        │   └── __init__.py 
        ├── encodings -> /usr/lib32/python2.7/encodings 
        ├── fnmatch.py -> /usr/lib32/python2.7/fnmatch.py 
        ├── genericpath.py -> /usr/lib32/python2.7/genericpath.py 
        ├── genericpath.pyc 
        ├── lib-dynload 
        │   ├── readline.so -> /usr/lib32/python2.7/lib-dynload/readline.so 
        │   └── zlib.so -> /usr/lib32/python2.7/lib-dynload/zlib.so 
        ├── linecache.py -> /usr/lib32/python2.7/linecache.py 
        ├── linecache.pyc 
        ├── locale.py -> /usr/lib32/python2.7/locale.py 
        ├── no-global-site-packages.txt 
        ├── ntpath.py -> /usr/lib32/python2.7/ntpath.py 
        ├── orig-prefix.txt 
        ├── os.py -> /usr/lib32/python2.7/os.py 
        ├── os.pyc 
        ├── posixpath.py -> /usr/lib32/python2.7/posixpath.py 
        ├── posixpath.pyc 
        ├── re.py -> /usr/lib32/python2.7/re.py 
        ├── site.py 
        ├── site.pyc 
        ├── sre_compile.py -> /usr/lib32/python2.7/sre_compile.py 
        ├── sre_constants.py -> /usr/lib32/python2.7/sre_constants.py 
        ├── sre_parse.py -> /usr/lib32/python2.7/sre_parse.py 
        ├── sre.py -> /usr/lib32/python2.7/sre.py 
        ├── stat.py -> /usr/lib32/python2.7/stat.py 
        ├── stat.pyc 
        ├── types.py -> /usr/lib32/python2.7/types.py 
        ├── types.pyc 
        ├── UserDict.py -> /usr/lib32/python2.7/UserDict.py 
        ├── UserDict.pyc 
        ├── warnings.py -> /usr/lib32/python2.7/warnings.py 
        ├── warnings.pyc 
        ├── _weakrefset.py -> /usr/lib32/python2.7/_weakrefset.py 
        └── _weakrefset.pyc 

13 directories, 45 files 

[Ivoz]

Not overwriting existing python script test_virtualenv/bin/python (you must use test_virtualenv/bin/python2.7)

What's the deal with this? Are you creating the virtualenv in a clean folder?

[biergaizi]

@Ivoz

Still got the error if it is a clean directory.

# python2 virtualenv.py test_virtualenv 
New python executable in test_virtualenv/bin/python2
Also creating executable in test_virtualenv/bin/python
Installing setuptools, pip...
  Complete output from command /tmp/virtualenv-1.11...rtualenv/bin/python2 -c "import sys, pip; sys...d\"] + sys.argv[1:]))" setuptools pip:
  Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/tmp/virtualenv-1.11.4/virtualenv_support/pip-1.5.4-py2.py3-none-any.whl/pip/__init__.py", line 3, in <module>
ImportError: No module named optparse
----------------------------------------
...Installing setuptools, pip...done.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "virtualenv.py", line 2338, in <module>
    main()
  File "virtualenv.py", line 824, in main
    symlink=options.symlink)
  File "virtualenv.py", line 992, in create_environment
    install_wheel(to_install, py_executable, search_dirs)
  File "virtualenv.py", line 960, in install_wheel
    'PIP_NO_INDEX': '1'
  File "virtualenv.py", line 902, in call_subprocess
    % (cmd_desc, proc.returncode))
OSError: Command /tmp/virtualenv-1.11...rtualenv/bin/python2 -c "import sys, pip; sys...d\"] + sys.argv[1:]))" setuptools pip failed with error code 1

[xen0n]

This should be fixed in #516, but not merged to upstream yet. You can give that patched version a try~

[biergaizi]

@xen0n Yes, it works fine :)

[xen0n]

The problem is actually virtualenv failing to respect the bitness of libdir, which is instead hard-coded to lib64; not finding bootstrap modules is just a consequence of not doing the symlink. My patch does just that required detection; is the approach acceptable (adding a file to site-packages/ indicating libdir bitness)? This is important for Python development on MIPS platforms such as various Loongson-based systems, and possibly x32 as well.

[umgeher]

I've the same problem, but I'm using pypy (freebsd 10).

@xen0n, I used your version, but I still got the same error.

Running virtualenv with interpreter /usr/local/bin/pypy
New pypy executable in tornapck/bin/pypy
Installing setuptools, pip...
  Complete output from command /usr/home/umgeher/wa...nv/tornapck/bin/pypy -c "import sys, pip; pip...ll\"] + sys.argv[1:])" setuptools pip:
  Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "app_main.py", line 72, in run_toplevel
  File "app_main.py", line 578, in run_it
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
ZipImportError: No module named optparse
----------------------------------------
...Installing setuptools, pip...done.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "app_main.py", line 72, in run_toplevel
  File "virtualenv.py", line 2373, in <module>
    main()
  File "virtualenv.py", line 820, in main
    symlink=options.symlink)
  File "virtualenv.py", line 988, in create_environment
    install_wheel(to_install, py_executable, search_dirs)
  File "virtualenv.py", line 956, in install_wheel
    'PIP_NO_INDEX': '1'
  File "virtualenv.py", line 898, in call_subprocess
    % (cmd_desc, proc.returncode))
OSError: Command /usr/home/umgeher/wa...nv/tornapck/bin/pypy -c "import sys, pip; pip...ll\"] + sys.argv[1:])" setuptools pip failed with error code 1
/home/umgeher/war/git/virtualenv>

[tingletech]

likewise, I can't get it work (I tried the version in the pull request)

bash-3.2$ python ./virtualenv-feature-explicit-libdir-bitness/virtualenv.py bootstrap_python
New python executable in bootstrap_python/bin/python
Installing setuptools, pip...
  Complete output from command /wowza/aws/bootstrap_python/bin/python -c "import sys, pip; pip...ll\"] + sys.argv[1:])" setuptools pip:
  Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/wowza/aws/virtualenv-feature-explicit-libdir-bitness/virtualenv_support/pip-1.5.dev1-py2.py3-none-any.whl/pip/__init__.py", line 3, in <module>
ImportError: No module named optparse
----------------------------------------
...Installing setuptools, pip...done.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./virtualenv-feature-explicit-libdir-bitness/virtualenv.py", line 2373, in <module>
    main()
  File "./virtualenv-feature-explicit-libdir-bitness/virtualenv.py", line 820, in main
    symlink=options.symlink)
  File "./virtualenv-feature-explicit-libdir-bitness/virtualenv.py", line 988, in create_environment
    install_wheel(to_install, py_executable, search_dirs)
  File "./virtualenv-feature-explicit-libdir-bitness/virtualenv.py", line 956, in install_wheel
    'PIP_NO_INDEX': '1'
  File "./virtualenv-feature-explicit-libdir-bitness/virtualenv.py", line 898, in call_subprocess
    % (cmd_desc, proc.returncode))
OSError: Command /wowza/aws/bootstrap_python/bin/python -c "import sys, pip; pip...ll\"] + sys.argv[1:])" setuptools pip failed with error code 1
bash-3.2$ python -c "import optparse"
bash-3.2$ ./bootstrap_python/bin/python -c "import optparse"
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: No module named optparse
bash-3.2$ python --version
Python 2.6.7
bash-3.2$ ./bootstrap_python/bin/python --version       
Python 2.6.7

[fuzzy76]

I am seeing this on Debian... Anyone found a fix?

[tanin47]

I encountered the same problem only when we use python -S (http://tanin.nanakorn.com/blogs/362). Using python without -S works fine. It might be related here.

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