ImportError: No module named py31compat

Question

i am trying to install gensim using

sudo -H pip install --upgrade gensim

but it is giving me this error :

  File \"setup.py\",         


        

Answer 1

I encountered a very similar error upon an Ansible run of a refactored OpenShift playbook. The error was discovered once all of the plays were parsed.

"ERROR! Unexpected Exception, this is probably a bug: cannot import name py31compat"

I am using ...

• Ansible 2.5.3
• Python2-2.7.15

I ran the following command to list the location of all of the packages and libraries associated with Python 2. I checked available paths to ensure I had one version of Ansible and one copy of each package installed.

$ python -c 'import sys; print sys.path'

'py31compat' is not a separate module one can download. It is included with the Setuptools package. It was determined I had two packages installed of different versions, both out-of-date. I uninstalled both via pip and installed the latest setuptools version available. No luck.

My solution was to uninstall Ansible and reinstall the same version. This resolved the issue.