pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: The 'bench==4.1.0' distribution was not found and is required by the application

Frappe Framework Bug
1

Hello
i have just installed bench-repo on python 2.7.11
after successfully installed packages
“followed the tips here GitHub - frappe/bench: CLI to manage Multi-tenant deployments for Frappe apps”
whenever i execute bench this error shows up
pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: The 'bench==4.1.0' distribution was not found and is required by the application

the full error
$ bench Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/bin/bench", line 5, in <module> from pkg_resources import load_entry_point File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3138, in <module> @_call_aside File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3124, in _call_aside f(*args, **kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3151, in _initialize_master_working_set working_set = WorkingSet._build_master() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 661, in _build_master ws.require(__requires__) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 962, in require needed = self.resolve(parse_requirements(requirements)) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 849, in resolve

it’s already installed on my system but still showing the error
it’s my first time to install Frappe
thank you

2

This often happens if you run

pip install -e bench-repo

instead of the preferred

sudo pip install -e bench-repo

1 Like
3

i did so
i got that result
but still the same error
`installing collected packages: GitPython, bench
Found existing installation: GitPython 1.0.1
Not uninstalling GitPython at /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages, owned by OS
Running setup.py develop for bench

    warning: no files found matching '*.json' under directory 'bench'
    Creating /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/bench.egg-link (link to .)
    bench 4.1.0 is already the active version in easy-install.pth
    Installing bench script to /usr/local/bin
    
    Installed /root/bench-repo
Successfully installed GitPython bench
Cleaning up...`
4

If this is where the install ended up, it implies that you installed as user “root” - this is not advised. rather create a user called frappe, give the user sudo rights, and install as user frappe using sudo on certain commands

5

That’s True
i just changed my OS and did so
first installed the dependencies
then created a user called it frappe
then i gave it sudo rights
then i followed the rest of the instructions
thank you for caring