Questions tagged [python]
Python is an interpreted programming language that is often, but not solely, used as a scripting language. A version of Python is included by default on all Ubuntu distributions.
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x-tile / python-gconf not installable on 18.10 MATE
On 18.10 MATE I'm trying to install x-tile https://www.giuspen.com/x-tile/ which I've been using since 16.04 or so.
Installation fails looking for python-gconf and installation of python-gconf fails ...
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fatal error: Python.h: No such file or directory [duplicate]
I am trying to install cocoapi but I do not have Python.h. I read that I need to install python-dev but I do not have sudo. Are there any other easy ways to get Python.h? Will I get Python.h if i ...
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how to upgrade pip to version >> 9.0.1 ? (pip install --upgrade pip gives 'cannot import name main' error)
I have pip 8.1 installed and I wanted to upgrade to > 9.0.1 (to install matplotlib for python 2.7). I saw How to upgrade pip to latest? and did
sudo -H pip3 install --upgrade pip
sudo -H pip2 ...
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How can I use pip to install python packages for python3? [closed]
I don't have enough space on my computer to install Anaconda. First I install python3 using this:
sudo apt install spyder3
after that, for installing a package, I use this in terminal:
pip install ...
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How do I set PYTHONASYNCIODEBUG value in pipenv python?
I am running python 3.6 in a pipenv shell. I want to set the value of this python environment variable PYTHONASYNCIODEBUG to 1 without affecting my user environment variables that are outside of the ...
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Calculation percentage of my data for different number ranges [closed]
I am trying to find out how to calculate percentage of my data for different number ranges. So I have a data that looks like this:
0.81761
0.255319
0.359551
0.210191
0.374046
0.188406
0.179487
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IDLE for Python 3.6 can't open .py files on Ubuntu 18.04
I just did a clean install of Ubuntu 18.04.
I downloaded pip3, python 3.6.7, discord.py, and IDLE for python 3.6.
When I go to open up .py files I have on my other computer, I don't have to option ...
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Trouble with python on Ubuntu 14.04
I'm using ubuntu 14.04 and I have messed up python. First, I've installed python 3.6.8, but I had some problem with it, so I moved to python 3.6.1. Only way to invoke 3.6.1 version is to use python3.6,...
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How to update a debian package for a python program with a setup.py
For the first time, the command dh_make will create all necessary files and directories and this can be packaged with debuild -S.
After I make some changes, am I supposed to manually update the ...
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problem with the installing NS-3
I am trying to install NS-3 on my Ubuntu 16.04 and I have a strange problem. I installed all the prerequisites for ns3 and its time to install ns3 itself. I'm installing it through the bake,(https://...
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Connection to Python debugger failed: Accept timed out
I have issues with attaching to process on ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS, Python 2.7.15rc1. I set up system:
kernel.yama.ptrace_scope = 0
When I'm trying attach to process I get timeout error (I can see ...
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some crontab job not working , not all
I have a python job need to run every day
It need start_date and end_date parameters, so I use date .
The command didn't work at first, but no problem when executed in shell:
0 7 * * * /usr/bin/...
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cron job decides for itself if it wants to run
I recently wrote a python script that reminds me via email if I need to move my car for the street sweeper mafia (and avoid a ticket). When I ran the script from the command line, it worked every time....
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How to run Django cron in crontab?
I have a Django application which uses django-cron (https://django-cron.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html), and I need to execute python manage.py runcrons every 5 mins in AWS EC2 running on ...
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python 3.7 on Ubuntu 16.04
I have tried to install python 3.7 on my ubuntu 16.04 via this link. It is
Installing it without any error and it returns :
which python3.7
/usr/local/bin/python3.7
Also I have other python ...
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rosdep has unmet dependencies
My synaptic manager gives me an error saying that python-rosdep is broken in my system. So I did the following: Edit->Fix broken packages->Apply. But I get an error:
E: /var/cache/apt/archives/...
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Installing python modules fail - "limits.h" missing?
I am trying to install a number of python 3 modules (e.g. regex, cytoolsz, spacy) that require compilation, but they all fail with an error identical to the below (bottom). I have tried to check for ...
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Can't install Python mysqlclient bindings [duplicate]
I'm running 64 bit Ubuntu 18.04. Although I got it working on my work machine (Ubuntu 18.10 64 bit), I simply cannot get the MySQL client Python libraries working on my personal machine. It's well-...
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How to insert data into mysql using loop back
I'm done loopback and mysql connection, But i don't know how to insert the data in to tables. Can anyone help me?
DB connection
"mysqlds": {
"host": "localhost",
"port": 3306,
"url": "",
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Recovering from botched install of Pip3, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
I think need to have the latest version of PIP3 for building the latest version of a program from source, so when I ran PIP3 and couldn't build the program, I upgraded it like it suggested, and now it ...
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How to create an auto delete video
Can anyone tell me how to create an auto delete/self destruction video in PC/Pen drive?
I'm doing a project and its very important to keep my data confidential... Could you please help me?
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No module named numpy
I am trying to run Jupyter notebook from my Ubuntu subsystem in Windows 10. I've installed numpy, scipy, and pandas using the following commands:
pip install scipy numpy
pip install pandas
When I ...
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How to set vs code for python3
I recently bought a new laptop and installed ubuntu. I messed around with bash and learned that I there is a default python interpreter. However, the biggest problem that I face is that I can't get it ...
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Is it possible to open terminal from run box and use ' -- ' to run a command to pen a file in some other directory?
What i want to do is to start a terminal session with the python command line interpreter and and further run a python file using the interpreter the python file could located anywhere.
What i mean ...
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Install GDBM when apt is not working
I am trying to update my 16.04 to the latest 18.10. But this caused a relocation error with the package libapt-pkg.so. This naturally makes my apt useless. To overcome that I am following the advice ...
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python 3 shambles
First of all on my 18.04 LTS machine
I have Ubuntu update issues , several updates have been botched todays update too, nevertheless my updater says everything is up to date
Iḿ not sure if python ...
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How to resolve 'held broken packages' (python)?
Unable to install pip , getting error
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
details:
uname -a
Linux a123-45-678-90 4.4.0-116-generic #140~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Feb 16 09:25:...
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What is the best tool to add a GUI to Python code and make a Linux application from it? [closed]
I am learning Python. What is the best tool to add a GUI to Python code and make a Linux application from it? Something that is easy to learn but powerful. I found something like PyGTK, Tkinter or ...
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install python module for certain python binary
I am using ubuntu 16.04 and have installed python2 and python3. Default is python2.
I am trying to install a python module (mapscript) with this command
sudo apt-get install python-mapscript
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Remove old versions of Python and pip
I recently updated from Ubuntu 16.04 to 18.04.
I had separate partitions for / and home, and for the update I made a clean install over the / folder, so that I saved everything in the home folder, ...
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ImportError: cannot import name Eog, introspection typelib not found
I am trying to get the eye of the gnome plugin demo working from here. I have installed the dependencies, but on the line from gi.repository import GObject, Eog, Eog cannot be found.
If I go to the gi....
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In ubuntu IDE doest load tkinter library for python3 or python2
Hello everyone and thank you for your help in advance.
I am trying to use tkinter library.
When I open terminal type python3 and use
import tkinter
tkinter._test()
It works.
Also when I type ...
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How can I fix terminator? It doesn't work
When I run terminator in terminal, it doesn't work. The error is this:
$ terminator
File "/usr/bin/terminator", line 119
except (KeyError,ValueError), ex:
^
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Activating conda environment in "startup applications" script
So I have a python script that generates an animation - and it requires libraries that I have in a conda environment. I need to run this script as soon as my computer turns on, so I've written a short ...
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Automatically run graphical python script on startup
I have a python script that starts a fullscreen animation when run - how do i set this to start at startup in ubuntu 16.04? Other answers to the "script on startup" problem don't work - because I'm ...
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Create shortcut for electrum bitcoin wallet
I installed Electrum bitcoin wallet from electrum.org but don't know how to launch it or create a shortcut for it.
These are the commands I used:
Install dependencies:
sudo apt-get install python3-...
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Cannot import Numpy and Pandas
I have installed numpy and pandas using pip. After executing my python code it shows the following error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "demo.py", line 1, in <module>
import ...
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Deja dup backup fails
Backing up using Deja Dup to an external drive is failing, it used to work fine.
Last backup was 43 days ago. When I attempt to backup, Deja Dup decides to do a full fresh backup not incremental.
At ...
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multiple python versions after pip3 install
I've spent a lot of time on the internet but did not found the information I need.
I've installed sudo apt-get install python3-pip from shell (I needed it for Pycharm venv - not important) but it ...
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Tensorboard using Python 2.7, how to change it to Python 3?
So I program a tensorflow program in python3, and can execute said scripts with python3, with the modules that I installed using pip3. But when using
tensorboard --logdir="./graphs" --port 6006
It ...
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Sending pause/resume playing and next/previous track bluetooth commands
I would like my Ubuntu PC sending bluetooth audio commands (play/pause, next/previous song and turn up/down) to other device streaming music over bluetooth to it. In other words, I would like to ...
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Can't find module tkinter after exporting code from Jupyter
I exported a file from Jupyter to a .py format. The code works fine on Jupyter itself, but when I try to run it directly from the command line I get the following error
Traceback (most recent call ...
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Cannot uninstall python on Ubuntu? [duplicate]
I have confused to uninstall python3 or fix my VPS Ubuntu
Im using Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS (GNU/Linux 4.4.0-31-generic x86_64)
I tried to uninstall all python packages
sudo apt-get purge python3
And ...
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import caffe on python2.7 - ubuntu 18.04 LTS
On ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Caffe-cpu can install by....
sudo apt-get install caffe-cpu
... but it fails when I import on python2. It can only import on python3.
How to import caffe on python2? I tried to ...
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Why won't scikit-image work for Python3?
So I'm trying to use scikit-image for several functions on images. One such function is converting an image from rgb to hsv where I took my image (img) and said
from skimage.color import rgb2hsv
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ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pandas' (only as root)
So I'm having this weird issue.
I just installed server 18.04.1 LTS. The purpose of this server is to run scheduled Python scripts.
I can run my script just fine when authenticated with the user-...
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How to update a Python package which was installed by pip
According to The Ubuntu lifecycle and release cadence, Ubuntu 16.04 has full support until mid-2021.
Yet when I run:
pip install cryptography
it says:
Requirement already satisfied: cryptography in /...
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Orca - Cannot save configuration
I'm trying to change the voice person on the orca setup (orca -s) and when I try to click the buttons 'Apply' or 'OK' this error shows up in the console:
Gtk-Message: 12:48:35.589: GtkDialog mapped ...
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Unable to install python cryptography module
I have a python program with the line
from cryptography.hazmat.backends import default_backend
When run with python3, I get the error
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'cryptography'
I ...
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How to access "python3.6/site-packages" directory?
So right now I am trying to import tflearn on a python script, but that returns the error
AttributeError: type object 'numpy.ndarray' has no attribute '__array_function__'
(Theres a huge error ...