Error installing on Mac High Sierra

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What is the problem?
I get an error during the install. The ' python setup.py install' command ends with "AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'version'.

What did you already try to solve it?
I searched for the error but can't find an instance of the same problem.

Logs (octoprint.log, serial.log or output on terminal tab at a minimum, browser error console if UI issue ... no logs, no support!)

Running MarkupSafe-2.0.0a1/setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir /var/folders/9d/8_dp7sss09n920nfyvx0fyh00000gn/T/easy_install-OMZdKE/MarkupSafe-2.0.0a1/egg-dist-tmp-EqhRPU
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "setup.py", line 277, in <module>
    setup(**params())
  File "/Users/ITD/OctoPrint/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/setuptools/__init__.py", line 145, in setup
    return distutils.core.setup(**attrs)
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/distutils/core.py", line 151, in setup
    dist.run_commands()
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 953, in run_commands
    self.run_command(cmd)
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 972, in run_command
    cmd_obj.run()
  File "/Users/ITD/OctoPrint/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/setuptools/command/install.py", line 67, in run
    self.do_egg_install()
  File "/Users/ITD/OctoPrint/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/setuptools/command/install.py", line 117, in do_egg_install
    cmd.run(show_deprecation=False)
  File "/Users/ITD/OctoPrint/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 424, in run
    self.easy_install(spec, not self.no_deps)
  File "/Users/ITD/OctoPrint/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 666, in easy_install
    return self.install_item(None, spec, tmpdir, deps, True)
  File "/Users/ITD/OctoPrint/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 713, in install_item
    self.process_distribution(spec, dist, deps)
  File "/Users/ITD/OctoPrint/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 758, in process_distribution
    [requirement], self.local_index, self.easy_install
  File "/Users/ITD/OctoPrint/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 782, in resolve
    replace_conflicting=replace_conflicting
  File "/Users/ITD/OctoPrint/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 1065, in best_match
    return self.obtain(req, installer)
  File "/Users/ITD/OctoPrint/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 1077, in obtain
    return installer(requirement)
  File "/Users/ITD/OctoPrint/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 685, in easy_install
    return self.install_item(spec, dist.location, tmpdir, deps)
  File "/Users/ITD/OctoPrint/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 711, in install_item
    dists = self.install_eggs(spec, download, tmpdir)
  File "/Users/ITD/OctoPrint/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 896, in install_eggs
    return self.build_and_install(setup_script, setup_base)
  File "/Users/ITD/OctoPrint/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 1164, in build_and_install
    self.run_setup(setup_script, setup_base, args)
  File "/Users/ITD/OctoPrint/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 1150, in run_setup
    run_setup(setup_script, args)
  File "/Users/ITD/OctoPrint/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 253, in run_setup
    raise
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/contextlib.py", line 35, in __exit__
    self.gen.throw(type, value, traceback)
  File "/Users/ITD/OctoPrint/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 195, in setup_context
    yield
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/contextlib.py", line 35, in __exit__
    self.gen.throw(type, value, traceback)
  File "/Users/ITD/OctoPrint/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 166, in save_modules
    saved_exc.resume()
  File "/Users/ITD/OctoPrint/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 141, in resume
    six.reraise(type, exc, self._tb)
  File "/Users/ITD/OctoPrint/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 154, in save_modules
    yield saved
  File "/Users/ITD/OctoPrint/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 195, in setup_context
    yield
  File "/Users/ITD/OctoPrint/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 250, in run_setup
    _execfile(setup_script, ns)
  File "/Users/ITD/OctoPrint/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 45, in _execfile
    exec(code, globals, locals)
  File "/var/folders/9d/8_dp7sss09n920nfyvx0fyh00000gn/T/easy_install-OMZdKE/MarkupSafe-2.0.0a1/setup.py", line 56, in <module>
    "semantic_version>=2.8,<2.9",
  File "/var/folders/9d/8_dp7sss09n920nfyvx0fyh00000gn/T/easy_install-OMZdKE/MarkupSafe-2.0.0a1/setup.py", line 43, in run_setup
    "werkzeug>=0.16,<0.17",
  File "/Users/ITD/OctoPrint/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/setuptools/__init__.py", line 145, in setup
    return distutils.core.setup(**attrs)
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/distutils/core.py", line 124, in setup
    dist.parse_config_files()
  File "/Users/ITD/OctoPrint/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/_virtualenv.py", line 21, in parse_config_files
    result = old_parse_config_files(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/Users/ITD/OctoPrint/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/setuptools/dist.py", line 702, in parse_config_files
    ignore_option_errors=ignore_option_errors)
  File "/Users/ITD/OctoPrint/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/setuptools/config.py", line 121, in parse_configuration
    meta.parse()
  File "/Users/ITD/OctoPrint/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/setuptools/config.py", line 426, in parse
    section_parser_method(section_options)
  File "/Users/ITD/OctoPrint/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/setuptools/config.py", line 399, in parse_section
    self[name] = value
  File "/Users/ITD/OctoPrint/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/setuptools/config.py", line 184, in __setitem__
    value = parser(value)
  File "/Users/ITD/OctoPrint/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/setuptools/config.py", line 515, in _parse_version
    version = self._parse_attr(value, self.package_dir)
  File "/Users/ITD/OctoPrint/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/setuptools/config.py", line 350, in _parse_attr
    value = getattr(module, attr_name)
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute '__version__'

Additional information about your setup (OctoPrint version, OctoPi version, printer, firmware, browser, operating system, ... as much data as possible)
OctoPrint-1.4.0-py2.7.egg
OS X 10.13.6
python 2.7.16

2

Did you activiate the venv in your shell?

source venv/bin/activate
3

Yes, the command to install were:

git clone https://github.com/foosel/OctoPrint.git
cd OctoPrint
virtualenv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -U pyobjc
python setup.py install

This last command is the only one with an error. The log has scrolled off terminal's history.

4

Alright. That was just a shot in the dark :slight_smile:

I never worked with Mac and can't help you further.
Iirc @OutsourcedGuru is a Mac guy. I tagged him and maybe he knows what to do :slight_smile:

5

This error is usually associated with not first activating the virtual environment. If you got a different error after doing this and then running python setup.py install then let us know what that error was.

6

I am following these install instructions: Setting up OctoPrint on MacOS, which include activating the virtual environment:

git clone https://github.com/foosel/OctoPrint.git
cd OctoPrint
virtualenv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -U pyobjc
python setup.py install

The last command ended in the AttributeError. There were no other errors. I have reinstalled twice with the same error. I have inserted an additional 'source venv/bin/activate' between the last two commands. None of these attempts has changed the result.

7

I've just adjusted the guide since python setup.py install is outdated and should no longer be used directly, try pip install . instead.

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8

Thanks. This did run with no errors and Octoprint is running now. Again, thanks.