ImportError: No module named platformio.util on platformio run

[ariejan]

I have a very simple project, see https://gist.github.com/ariejan/3cd2986afb67e054ba46 for the src/main.cpp and platformio.ini. Both are basically a copy of the examples provided by platformio.

I'm on OS X 10.9, with Python 2.7 through home brew:

$ which python
/usr/bin/python

$ python --version
Python 2.7.5

I can install and list frameworks just fine:

$ platformio list
atmelavr    with packages: toolchain-atmelavr, tool-avrdude, framework-arduinoavr

$ platformio show atmelavr
atmelavr    - An embedded platform for Atmel AVR microcontrollers (with Arduino Framework)
----------
Package: toolchain-atmelavr
Alias: toolchain
Location: /Users/ariejan/.platformio/atmelavr/tools/toolchain
Version: 1
----------
Package: tool-avrdude
Alias: uploader
Location: /Users/ariejan/.platformio/atmelavr/tools/avrdude
Version: 1
----------
Package: framework-arduinoavr
Location: /Users/ariejan/.platformio/atmelavr/frameworks/arduino
Version: 4

However, when I try to run this, I get the following error:

$ platformio run
Processing arduino_mega environment:

ImportError: No module named platformio.util:
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/platformio/builder/main.py", line 9:
    from platformio.util import (get_home_dir, get_pioenvs_dir, get_project_dir,

Since I'm not all that familiar with Python, I've got no clue as to how to resolve this. There is a util.py file at `` that contains the methods mentioned.

$ ls -alhd /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/platformio/*
-rw-r--r--   1 ariejan  admin   513B  4 aug 16:38 /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/platformio/__init__.py
-rw-r--r--   1 ariejan  admin   741B  4 aug 16:38 /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/platformio/__init__.pyc
-rw-r--r--   1 ariejan  admin   2,1K  4 aug 16:38 /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/platformio/__main__.py
-rw-r--r--   1 ariejan  admin   3,1K  4 aug 16:38 /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/platformio/__main__.pyc
drwxr-xr-x   8 ariejan  admin   272B  4 aug 16:38 /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/platformio/builder
drwxr-xr-x  24 ariejan  admin   816B  4 aug 16:38 /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/platformio/commands
-rw-r--r--   1 ariejan  admin   2,5K  4 aug 16:38 /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/platformio/downloader.py
-rw-r--r--   1 ariejan  admin   3,9K  4 aug 16:38 /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/platformio/downloader.pyc
-rw-r--r--   1 ariejan  admin   2,4K  4 aug 16:38 /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/platformio/exception.py
-rw-r--r--   1 ariejan  admin   5,3K  4 aug 16:38 /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/platformio/exception.pyc
-rw-r--r--   1 ariejan  admin   4,8K  4 aug 16:38 /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/platformio/pkgmanager.py
-rw-r--r--   1 ariejan  admin   6,6K  4 aug 16:38 /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/platformio/pkgmanager.pyc
drwxr-xr-x  12 ariejan  admin   408B  4 aug 16:38 /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/platformio/platforms
-rw-r--r--   1 ariejan  admin   2,5K  4 aug 16:38 /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/platformio/projectconftpl.ini
-rw-r--r--   1 ariejan  admin   2,2K  4 aug 16:38 /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/platformio/unpacker.py
-rw-r--r--   1 ariejan  admin   4,5K  4 aug 16:38 /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/platformio/unpacker.pyc
-rw-r--r--   1 ariejan  admin   2,1K  4 aug 16:38 /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/platformio/util.py
-rw-r--r--   1 ariejan  admin   4,0K  4 aug 16:38 /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/platformio/util.pyc

What am I missing? What do I need to to fix my environment?

[ivankravets]

Thanks a lot for report.

1. Which way did you use to install PlatformIO?
2. Try close/open your Terminal application.

Is it working fine now? If no, then give me a list of installed Python packages:

$ pip list

[ariejan]

1. pip install platformio & pip install --egg scons (Note the single & as I'm using Fish)
2. Here you go

$ pip list
base58 (0.2.1)
BeautifulSoup (3.2.1)
bsddb3 (6.0.1)
click (2.5)
doge (3.4.0)
ecdsa (0.10)
GDAL (1.11.0)
mercurial (3.0.2)
PIL (1.1.7)
pip (1.5.6)
platformio (0.5.0)
pycoin (0.23)
Pygments (1.6)
pyserial (2.7)
requests (2.3.0)
setuptools (5.4.2)
vboxapi (1.0)
wsgiref (0.1.2)

I already tried the termanial-hop, been there done that.

[ivankravets]

I know another way how to resolve this issue. But I want to know why this normal way (with installation) doesn't work. Something is wrong with your PYTHONPATH. I've just created "debug" version of main.py file.

Please replace file /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/platformio/builder/main.py with https://gist.github.com/ivankravets/e3ee819d8c453c37e5ae

The run for your test project:

$ platformio run

You should see a dump of Python system path. Please share it here.

Thanks a lot.

[ariejan]

Here you go:

$ platformio run
Processing arduino_mega environment:
['/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/platformio/builder', '/usr/local/bin/scons-local-2.3.0', '/usr/local/bin/scons-local', '/usr/local/lib/scons-2.3.0', '/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/scons-2.3.0', '/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/scons-2.3.0', '/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/scons-2.3.0', '/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/scons-2.3.0', '/usr/local/lib/scons', '/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/scons', '/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/scons', '/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/scons', '/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/scons', '/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/Pygments-1.6-py2.7.egg', '/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/PIL-1.1.7-py2.7-macosx-10.9-intel.egg', '/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/BeautifulSoup-3.2.1-py2.7.egg', '/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/bsddb3-6.0.1-py2.7-macosx-10.9-intel.egg', '/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python27.zip', '/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7', '/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/plat-darwin', '/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/plat-mac', '/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/plat-mac/lib-scriptpackages', '/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Extras/lib/python', '/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/lib-tk', '/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/lib-old', '/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload', '/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Extras/lib/python/PyObjC', '/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages']
ImportError: No module named platformio.util:
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/platformio/builder/main.py", line 12:
    from platformio.util import (get_home_dir, get_pioenvs_dir, get_project_dir,

You are not trying to steal my passwords are you? 😉

[ivankravets]

I see a problem. It is /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/platformio/builder. Something is wrong with your Python Interpreter when code is run from subprocess. The valid item in PythonPath in your case is /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages.

Do you run $ platformio run command with sudo permissions? If yes, try without sudo.

I will create simple "patch" for your case and give your a new main.py. If it works for you, I will merge it to develop branch.

P.S:

You are not trying to steal my passwords are you?

No, I'm a good man :)

[ariejan]

Running with sudo gives the same output as without sudo.

[ivankravets]

Try new main.py:

Please replace file /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/platformio/builder/main.py with https://gist.github.com/ivankravets/e3ee819d8c453c37e5ae

[ariejan]

Yes, that works. Well, I get a compile error on my own code, so that's good.

👍

[ivankravets]

Thanks a lot you for patience with several patches! 😉