ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'validate'

[carlphilipp]

Hi I'm getting this:

λ  ~  terminator                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        1   10:56:06  
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/terminator", line 48, in <module>
    import terminatorlib.optionparse
  File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/terminatorlib/optionparse.py", line 24, in <module>
    from . import config
  File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/terminatorlib/config.py", line 76, in <module>
    from validate import Validator
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'validate'

Here is my version of python:

Python 3.9.1

Also when I try to install the validate module:

 λ  ~  pip install validate                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  10:59:39  
Defaulting to user installation because normal site-packages is not writeable
Collecting validate
  Using cached validate-1.0.1.tar.gz (32 kB)
    ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
     command: /usr/bin/python -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'/tmp/pip-install-0tvxkv2x/validate/setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'/tmp/pip-install-0tvxkv2x/validate/setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' egg_info --egg-base /tmp/pip-pip-egg-info-6pyjqa9s
         cwd: /tmp/pip-install-0tvxkv2x/validate/
    Complete output (8 lines):
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
      File "/tmp/pip-install-0tvxkv2x/validate/setup.py", line 13, in <module>
        from configobj import __version__ as VERSION
      File "/tmp/pip-install-0tvxkv2x/validate/configobj.py", line 1632
        except Exception, e:
                        ^
    SyntaxError: invalid syntax
    ----------------------------------------
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1: python setup.py egg_info Check the logs for full command output.

It looks like it's Python 3.9.1 not compatible?

[mattrose]

Looks like it. I'll look at this.

[janhrastnik]

I got this error on arch after upgrading python-configobj to 5.0.6-10. Downgrading to 5.0.6-9 fixed this for me.

[inetAnt]

I got this error on arch after upgrading python-configobj to 5.0.6-10. Downgrading to 5.0.6-9 fixed this for me.

Fixed it for me as well, looks related to DiffSK/configobj@0cfca0c#diff-fb6fb820a0e6b474958f753024dc23dbc01d133a698a64593106f166234030f2

I believe this would fix the underlying issue (but no new official release of configobj has been made yet).

[carlphilipp]

Thanks @janhrastnik downgrading python-configobj worked!

[inetAnt]

Tips if you don't want your Arch to upgrade again:

+++ /etc/pacman.conf	2020-12-21 19:10:34.503448528 +0100
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 Architecture = auto
 
 # Pacman won't upgrade packages listed in IgnorePkg and members of IgnoreGroup
-#IgnorePkg   =
+IgnorePkg   = python-configobj
 #IgnoreGroup =
 
 #NoUpgrade   =

[ghost]

I manually edited the import with the line from the merge request and it fixed it on my system (Archlinux)

[mabod]

I manually edited the import with the line from the merge request and it fixed it on my system (Archlinux)

That works for me too!
But it is incompatible now with python-configobj 5.0.6-9

[dpertierra]

I found a library called validator
I changed line 77 from this file /usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/terminatorlib/config.py
from this "from validate import Validator" to "from validator import Validator"

And it opened fine

Tried changing it to "from configobj.validate import Validator" and it also works

[mattrose]

validator is a completely separate library, and does not have the functionality we are looking for. It loads, but it doesn't necessarily do what we want it to.

[EricksonDouglas]

sudo nano /usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/terminatorlib/config.py
from:
from validate import Validator
To:
from validator import Validator

[telius]

Changing line 77 to "from validator import Validator" did not fix it for me.
Changing it to "from configobj.validate import Validator" did.

[julienfalque]

On Arch Linux, the terminator package has been upgraded from 1.92-3 to 2.0.1-1. This fixed the issue for me.

[Sarchis]

I got this error on arch after upgrading python-configobj to 5.0.6-10. Downgrading to 5.0.6-9 fixed this for me.

Thanks @janhrastnik, it worked perfectly

[ThorstenBuss]

On Arch Linux, the terminator package has been upgraded from 1.92-3 to 2.0.1-1. This fixed the issue for me.

It works on Arch Linux now cause they include the changes of #325 in there package. The unchanged release 2.0.1 would not work.

[mattrose]

Given that Arch is the only distro that has reported this problem, and it was fixed in the arch package, I'm tempted to close this.

[mattrose]

Closing. Please re-open if this occurs somewhere other than arch.

[venteto]

This error just started happening today in Manjaro after this afternoon's round of updates.

[mattrose]

For the purpose of this bug, Manjaro == Arch, Make sure you're not running python-configobj 5.0.6-10, there's a bug in it and it's been superseded by 5.0.6.r110.g3e2f4cc-1 see #325 (comment) for details

[ardydavari]

I have the same problem on manjaro. Terminator version is 1.92-3

[EKami]

sudo nano /usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/terminatorlib/config.py
from:
from validate import Validator
To:
from validator import Validator

This solution works, just don't forget to pip3.9 install validator

EDIT: Actually it doesn't, terminator doesn't read the config file anymore with that solution. Use @telius solution instead:

Changing line 77 to "from validator import Validator" did not fix it for me.
Changing it to "from configobj.validate import Validator" did.

[stevexyz]

I had the problem yesterday evening after full Manjaro upgrade.
Today terminator was updated to 2.0.1-1 and with another sudo pacman -Syu the error was gone.
I would say ok also on Manjaro now.

[EKami]

I had the problem yesterday evening after full Manjaro upgrade.
Today terminator was updated to 2.0.1-1 and with another sudo pacman -Syu the error was gone.
I would say ok also on Manjaro now.

Indeed, it's very recent then, I didn't have this update a few min ago, and it only contains the new version of terminator aha

[Larkinnjm1]

This issue stilll apears to present in the latest version using a typical pip install on Mac OS using python 3.7 to a virtual environment.

A quick workaround is just to use:
from validate import Validator however is the correct way to use this package?

[mattrose]

That line is what it is in the code:

terminator/terminatorlib/config.py

Line 77 in d57314c

from validate import Validator