ModuleNotFoundError after python update

[itsmokha]

After a system upgrade which updated python, I am encountering a ModuleNotFoundError:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/autojump", line 39, in <module>
from autojump_argparse import ArgumentParser
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'autojump_argparse'

Distro: Arch Linux
Kernel: 5.15.7-arch1-1
Python version: Python 3.10.1

[pokoli]

I started to see the issue after updating to Python3.10 so it seems that autojump is not compatible with this new release.

[pawel-szopinski]

Yep, it must have been the new python version, since autojump stopped working for me (get same errors as OP) right after I pulled most recent python packages from Arch Linux repos.

[wting]

This is probably a distribution packaging problem and not related to Python 3.10 or autojump. Specifically, autojump_argparse is a vendorized Python stdlib to support Python 2.6 and thus doesn't depend on any system libraries. The fact that it's missing hints at a distribution problem because it's included in this repo: https://github.com/wting/autojump/blob/master/bin/autojump_argparse.py

[Nriver]

The distro is definitely wrong, I have python 3.9.9 on my Manjaro, and the PKGBUILD file somehow put the package into python 3.10

I fixed it by

sudo cp /usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/autojump_* /usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/

on my machine.

It works now.

[renekliment]

Hi! Based on your comments, I've just reinstalled autojump yay - S autojumpand it started working again! Thanks!

The issue seems the way things are packaged, since the module sits in a directory specific to a python minor version. And once that changes with a new python version, things simply break.

Oh, I see the package maintainer says the same - https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/autojump/#comment-840633

I would advise against just copying files as they will not be managed by the package manager and may be built by another python version than later used.

yay -Ql autojump

user@machine  ~  yay -Ql autojump
autojump /etc/
autojump /etc/profile.d/
autojump /etc/profile.d/autojump.bash
autojump /etc/profile.d/autojump.sh
autojump /etc/profile.d/autojump.zsh
autojump /usr/
autojump /usr/bin/
autojump /usr/bin/autojump
autojump /usr/lib/
autojump /usr/lib/python3.10/
autojump /usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/
autojump /usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/__pycache__/
autojump /usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/__pycache__/autojump_argparse.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
autojump /usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/__pycache__/autojump_argparse.cpython-310.pyc
autojump /usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/__pycache__/autojump_data.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
autojump /usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/__pycache__/autojump_data.cpython-310.pyc
autojump /usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/__pycache__/autojump_match.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
autojump /usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/__pycache__/autojump_match.cpython-310.pyc
autojump /usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/__pycache__/autojump_utils.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
autojump /usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/__pycache__/autojump_utils.cpython-310.pyc
autojump /usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/autojump_argparse.py
autojump /usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/autojump_data.py
autojump /usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/autojump_match.py
autojump /usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/autojump_utils.py
autojump /usr/share/
autojump /usr/share/autojump/
autojump /usr/share/autojump/autojump.bash
autojump /usr/share/autojump/autojump.fish
autojump /usr/share/autojump/autojump.zsh
autojump /usr/share/autojump/icon.png
autojump /usr/share/fish/
autojump /usr/share/fish/functions/
autojump /usr/share/fish/functions/autojump.fish
autojump /usr/share/man/
autojump /usr/share/man/man1/
autojump /usr/share/man/man1/autojump.1.gz
autojump /usr/share/zsh/
autojump /usr/share/zsh/site-functions/
autojump /usr/share/zsh/site-functions/_j

yay -S autojump

user@machine  ~  yay -S autojump 
:: Checking for conflicts...
:: Checking for inner conflicts...
[Aur:1]  autojump-22.5.3-9

:: (1/1) Downloaded PKGBUILD: autojump
  1 autojump                         (Installed) (Build Files Exist)
==> Diffs to show?
==> [N]one [A]ll [Ab]ort [I]nstalled [No]tInstalled or (1 2 3, 1-3, ^4)
==> A

==> Proceed with install? [Y/n] 
:: (1/1) Parsing SRCINFO: autojump
==> Making package: autojump 22.5.3-9 (Sat 18 Dec 2021 09:50:17 PM CET)
==> Retrieving sources...
  -> Downloading autojump-22.5.3.tar.gz...
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100   131  100   131    0     0    634      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--   635
100 55429    0 55429    0     0   108k      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--  108k
==> Validating source files with sha256sums...
    autojump-22.5.3.tar.gz ... Passed
==> Making package: autojump 22.5.3-9 (Sat 18 Dec 2021 09:50:19 PM CET)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
==> Retrieving sources...
  -> Found autojump-22.5.3.tar.gz
==> Validating source files with sha256sums...
    autojump-22.5.3.tar.gz ... Passed
==> Removing existing $srcdir/ directory...
==> Extracting sources...
  -> Extracting autojump-22.5.3.tar.gz with bsdtar
==> Starting prepare()...
==> Sources are ready.
==> Making package: autojump 22.5.3-9 (Sat 18 Dec 2021 09:50:21 PM CET)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
==> WARNING: Using existing $srcdir/ tree
==> Entering fakeroot environment...
==> Starting package()...
Installing autojump to /tmp/autojump/pkg/autojump ...
creating directory: /tmp/autojump/pkg/autojump/usr/bin
creating directory: /tmp/autojump/pkg/autojump/usr/share/man/man1
creating directory: /tmp/autojump/pkg/autojump/etc/profile.d
creating directory: /tmp/autojump/pkg/autojump/usr/share/autojump
copying file: ./bin/autojump -> /tmp/autojump/pkg/autojump/usr/bin
copying file: ./bin/autojump_argparse.py -> /tmp/autojump/pkg/autojump/usr/bin
copying file: ./bin/autojump_data.py -> /tmp/autojump/pkg/autojump/usr/bin
copying file: ./bin/autojump_match.py -> /tmp/autojump/pkg/autojump/usr/bin
copying file: ./bin/autojump_utils.py -> /tmp/autojump/pkg/autojump/usr/bin
copying file: ./bin/icon.png -> /tmp/autojump/pkg/autojump/usr/share/autojump
copying file: ./docs/autojump.1 -> /tmp/autojump/pkg/autojump/usr/share/man/man1
creating directory: /tmp/autojump/pkg/autojump/etc/profile.d
creating directory: /tmp/autojump/pkg/autojump/usr/share/autojump
creating directory: /tmp/autojump/pkg/autojump/usr/share/zsh/site-functions
copying file: ./bin/autojump.sh -> /tmp/autojump/pkg/autojump/etc/profile.d
copying file: ./bin/autojump.bash -> /tmp/autojump/pkg/autojump/usr/share/autojump
copying file: ./bin/autojump.fish -> /tmp/autojump/pkg/autojump/usr/share/autojump
copying file: ./bin/autojump.zsh -> /tmp/autojump/pkg/autojump/usr/share/autojump
copying file: ./bin/_j -> /tmp/autojump/pkg/autojump/usr/share/zsh/site-functions

Please manually add the following line(s) to ~/.bashrc:

	[[ -s /tmp/autojump/pkg/autojump/etc/profile.d/autojump.sh ]] && source /tmp/autojump/pkg/autojump/etc/profile.d/autojump.sh

Please restart terminal(s) before running autojump.

Listing '/tmp/autojump/pkg/autojump/usr/lib'...
Listing '/tmp/autojump/pkg/autojump/usr/lib/python3.10'...
Listing '/tmp/autojump/pkg/autojump/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages'...
Compiling '/tmp/autojump/pkg/autojump/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/autojump_argparse.py'...
Compiling '/tmp/autojump/pkg/autojump/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/autojump_data.py'...
Compiling '/tmp/autojump/pkg/autojump/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/autojump_match.py'...
Compiling '/tmp/autojump/pkg/autojump/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/autojump_utils.py'...
Listing '/tmp/autojump/pkg/autojump/usr/lib'...
Listing '/tmp/autojump/pkg/autojump/usr/lib/python3.10'...
Listing '/tmp/autojump/pkg/autojump/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages'...
Compiling '/tmp/autojump/pkg/autojump/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/autojump_argparse.py'...
Compiling '/tmp/autojump/pkg/autojump/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/autojump_data.py'...
Compiling '/tmp/autojump/pkg/autojump/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/autojump_match.py'...
Compiling '/tmp/autojump/pkg/autojump/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/autojump_utils.py'...
==> Tidying install...
  -> Removing libtool files...
  -> Purging unwanted files...
  -> Removing static library files...
  -> Stripping unneeded symbols from binaries and libraries...
  -> Compressing man and info pages...
==> Checking for packaging issues...
==> Creating package "autojump"...
  -> Generating .PKGINFO file...
  -> Generating .BUILDINFO file...
  -> Adding install file...
  -> Generating .MTREE file...
  -> Compressing package...
==> Leaving fakeroot environment.
==> Finished making: autojump 22.5.3-9 (Sat 18 Dec 2021 09:50:24 PM CET)
==> Cleaning up...
loading packages...
warning: autojump-22.5.3-9 is up to date -- reinstalling
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...

Packages (1) autojump-22.5.3-9

Total Installed Size:  0.25 MiB
Net Upgrade Size:      0.00 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] 
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:: Processing package changes...
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:: Running post-transaction hooks...
(1/1) Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate...

[wadouk]

@Nriver

sudo cp /usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/autojump_* /usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/

it's not more 3.9 -> 3.10 ?

[Nriver]

@Nriver

sudo cp /usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/autojump_* /usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/

it's not more 3.9 -> 3.10 ?

At that time, python 3.10 wasn't avaliable on pacman. It was a temporary fix.

[googlesky]

sudo cp /usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/autojump_* /usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/

a temporary fix for python3.11

[Kcaii]

Got the same error on my Manjaro 6.1.29-1 machine with Python 3.10.10 when installing autojump with pacman.
I fix it by cloning the source code to my home directory and installing it manually.
Following the MANUAL part of README.md should be fine

Actually, it is a typical PYTHONPATH problem.
I got the following output from pacman -Ql autojump:

...
autojump /usr/lib/
autojump /usr/lib/python3.11/
autojump /usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/
...
autojump /usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/autojump_argparse.py
...

As you can see, the autojump_argparse.py is installed to /usr/lib/python3.11

But the PYTHONPATH:

python -c "import sys; print('\n'.join(sys.path))"
>/usr/lib/python310.zip
>/usr/lib/python3.10
>/usr/lib/python3.10/lib-dynload
>/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages

is set to /usr/lib/python3.10

That's why the error occurs