"This module requires TextFSM"

[wilmington]

Looks like multiple people have reported this in the closed issue #94

I'm on Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS. Python 2.7.12, Running in a virtualenv.

All packages present, can import all the modules into python. On running a play I see

FAILED! => {"changed": false, "failed": true, "msg": "This module requires TextFSM"}

issue exists with ansible 2.2 and 2.3 and with pip or manually installed gtextfsm

[wilmington]

Success on a fresh Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS. Python 2.7.12 build - without a virtualenv.

Checking configuration of virtualenv - will attempt to reproduce.

Same error on fresh virtualenv.

[jmorello12]

I have the same issue in a virtualenv with:
python 2.7.12
ansible 2.3.1.0
terminal 0.4.0
gtextfsm 0.2.1 (from pip)
textfsm 0.3.2 (from git, installed with python setup.py)
ntc-ansible 0.1.0

Edit: In an interactive Python shell from within the virtualenv, I am also able to pass the HAS_TEXTFSM check in ntc_show_command.py lines 225-234

Python 2.7.12 (default, Aug 10 2016, 08:40:47)
[GCC 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-16)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> from clitable import CliTableError
>>> import clitable
>>> from textfsm.clitable import CliTableError
>>> import textfsm.clitable as clitable

[itdependsnetworks]

I have updated the readme, but basically this usually happens (especially in virtualenvs) if you do not have ansible_python_interpreter set. Take a look at the Readme and follow those instructions, if that doesn't help, let us know.

[wilmington]

My issue solved by adding this to my inventory

[all:vars]
ansible_python_interpreter="/usr/bin/env python"

[GGabriele]

Awesome!