import open3d results in undefined symbol: _Py_ZeroStruct

[peterroelants]

Describe the bug
import open3d results in

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/home/peter/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/open3d/__init__.py", line 9, in <module>
    from open3d.linux import *
  File "/home/peter/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/open3d/linux/__init__.py", line 7, in <module>
    globals().update(importlib.import_module('open3d.linux.open3d').__dict__)
  File "/home/peter/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/importlib/__init__.py", line 126, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
ImportError: /home/peter/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/open3d/linux/open3d.so: undefined symbol: _Py_ZeroStruct

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
Install open3d in Anaconda with pip install open3d-python

Expected behavior
import works

Desktop (please complete the following information):
OS:

Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
Description:	Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS
Release:	18.04
Codename:	bionic

Anaconda installation conda 4.5.9. Installed packages:

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[syncle]

Thanks for notifying the issue. Did you build Open3D from source or install it via pip? If installed via pip, I would recommend build from source for now. We are preparing a fix for pip install.

[peterroelants]

pip install

[peterroelants]

Compiling from source against anaconda seems to work.

[yxlao]

Our pip package wasn't compiled with python3.6.
This issue has been fixed in 0.3.0 release.

Now we support python 2.7, 3.5 and 3.6, with pip/conda

# Inside pip virtualenv
pip install open3d-python

# Inside conda virtualenv
conda install -c open3d-admin open3d

# Inside conda virtualenv
pip install open3d-python

[Sinchiguano]

Hi guys, I am so sorry to bother you all with this problem it is already solved, but I found the same problem, I was working pretty well with my installation of Open3d through normal pip and conda but now it happens again this problem. Could any of you give a clue? I know the solution is doing the installation again by source, but I wanna know if we will encounter this problem always. (IBy the way, have an ubuntu xenial)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in
File "/home/sinchiguano/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/open3d/init.py", line 9, in
from open3d.linux import *
ImportError: No module named linux

[yxlao]

The line from open3d.linux import * is from an old version of open3d. Try

pip install open3d-python -U

The updated init file shall look like this https://github.com/IntelVCL/Open3D/blob/master/src/Python/Package/open3d/__init__.py.

[pvnieo]

Hey Guys,
Sorry to bother you on a closed issue, but I'm having the same issue, using ubuntu 20.04, python 3.8, and I installed the package using pip3 install open3d-python.
Is there any release compatible with new versions of python (3.7, 3.8)?
Thank you in advance.

[ttsesm]

@pvnieo I am in the same boat. I guess they do not have any release available yet for python >3.7. Thus, either you wait for it to be available or you compile it yourself.

[ttsesm]

Actually installing the open3d package instead from pypi solved the issue to my end. It seems to be more often updated.

[shalini-maiti]

I had the same issue and I solved it by uninstalling open3d-python and installing open3d using a conda channel, instead.

pip uninstall open3d-python==0.2.0.2
conda install -c open3d-admin open3d==<version number>

[zuzaanto]

Any updates on support for Python3.9? I'm running into the same issue in Py3.9 after installing Open3D with pip.

[rhohndorf]

Hi,
same issue with Python 3.10 and pip installation.

[duburcqa]

can confirm.

[RandyAndy-byte]

Same error by installing with pycharm package manager on Ubuntu 20.08 and python 3.8

[FinnLinxxx]

Had the same issue

ImportError: /home/finnlinxxx/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/open3d/linux/open3d.so: undefined symbol: _Py_ZeroStruct

solved it on my side with using $ pip3 install open3d

(as stated in their docs http://www.open3d.org/docs/release/getting_started.html)

---

I had also previously only $ pip3 install open3d-python installed. It might be worth a shot.

[akbarsharghi]

Hi guys!
I also encountered this problem. I installed both open3d 15.2 and open3d-python, and also my python version was 3.8. After uninstalling open3d-python this issue was resolved.

[zhanghm1995]

In python 3.8 environment, also encounter this problem, by installing open3d package solves this problem.

pip uninstall open3d-python
pip install open3d

[Clarence-wang1994]

I got the same error with Ubuntu 20.04 Py3.8;
Resolved as the following steps:
pip uninstall open3d-python
pip3 install open3d