"orange-canvas" command fails with import error in Orange 3

[qingfengwuhen]

When attempting to run the "orange-canvas" command, I encountered an import error in Python that prevented me from running the app.

D:\Users\xxxxxxx\AppData\Local\anaconda3\envs\orange3_dev\python.exe F:/project/orange3/Orange/canvas/main.py
F:\project\orange3\Orange\canvas_main_.py:19: DeprecationWarning: pkg_resources is deprecated as an API. See https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/pkg_resources.html
import pkg_resources
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "F:\project\orange3\Orange\canvas_main_.py", line 35, in
from Orange import canvas
File "F:\project\orange3\Orange_init_.py", line 4, in
from Orange import data
File "F:\project\orange3\Orange\data_init_.py", line 4, in
from .variable import *
File "F:\project\orange3\Orange\data\variable.py", line 15, in
from Orange.data import _variable
ImportError: cannot import name 'variable' from partially initialized module 'Orange.data' (most likely due to a circular import) (F:\project\orange3\Orange\data_init.py)

What's your environment?

• Operating system: windows 10
• Orange version: 3.37
• How you installed Orange: git clone then pip install -e orange3

[janezd]

This is probably not a problem with Orange (and probably can't be resolved in Orange) but rather with something peculiar in your setup or the way you run Orange.

From which directory do you run orange-canvas? Can you cd to a completely unrelated directory? I cannot replicate your exact problem, but Python searches for modules in the current directory first, which can lead to problems.

Does python -m Orange.canvas work?

[janezd]

Closed due to inactivity.