__main__ error message

[whottel]

Hi,

I recently installed ariba on Red Hat linux using pip. It installs without error, however when I run the command "python ariba test out" in the directory where ariba is installed I get the error " can't find 'main' module in 'ariba' ". Any ideas on why I would be getting this error?

[martinghunt]

Ariba is written in python 3, so prefixing the command with python will make python 2 try to run it, and hence the error saying it can't find the packages, because they are installed for python 3.

Try running /your/install/path/ariba from anywhere. If pip3 installed ariba then that should work. No need to prefix the command with anything.

[whottel]

I re-installed using pip3. However the command ~/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/ariba returns "-bash: /Users/hottel/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/ariba is a directory".

Adding the prefix python3 to the above command returns the main module error as before.

[whottel]

I believe I have solved this issue by activating a Bioconda environment and running conda install ariba. The ariba command now appears to be working as expected.
Thanks for your help!