[Linux] cannot import name '_psutil_linux' from partially initialized module 'psutil' (most likely due to a circular import)

[mattthhh]

Summary

• OS: RedHat8
• Architecture: 64bit
• Psutil version: 5.9.8 (cloned today)
• Python version: python3.11
• Type: import locally

Description

Hi, when I try to import the the lib that I cloned to modules/libs/ with these lines :

sys.path.insert(0, "modules/libs/")
import psutil

I got this error :
ImportError: cannot import name '_psutil_linux' from partially initialized module 'psutil' (most likely due to a circular import)

Any ideas ? (I don't want to use pip or venv to get the library, because it needs to be flexible)

[giampaolo]

psutil is not a pure python module, it needs to be compiled, so you can't get away with sys.path.insert.

[mattthhh]

Okay, do you have any ideas to import this lib without pip and venv ? Maybe compile it from the source code ?

[mattthhh]

Okay I found, just compile it locally with a simple python interpreter, and add the result of the compilation in sys.path