FATAL: Python instalation C:\User\danielm\progs\TestAutomationGX\PortablePython\App has no Robot installed. Fix this problem to build project red.xml

[danielvanmil]

Hello,

We're trying to evaluate the IDE, looks promising!
One problem is that the IDE cannot find the installed robot package in our (portable) python installation and an error is logged:

FATAL: Python instalation C:\User\danielm\progs\TestAutomationGX\PortablePython\App has no Robot installed. Fix this problem to build project red.xml

App\Lib\site-packages contains a "robot" and "robotframework-2.9.2-py2.7.egg-info" package etc., so it looks like its installed correctly (and Ride etc. works as expected)

Also the pip install robotframework says:

Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): robotframework in c:\user\danielm\progs\testautomationgx\portablepython\app\lib\site-packages

How is the package resolving done to find the robot package? By a python env variable or else?
Is the source code available somewhere?

Thanks,

Daniel.

[adam-wypych]

Hello,

Can you check if You are able to execute command pybot --version and put here output?

Best Regards,
-Adam.

[danielvanmil]

Robot Framework 2.9.2 (Python 2.7.6 on win32)

[KrzysztofJozefowicz]

Hi, RED checks python path by running which/where command (OS specific), there is also option in Preferences (Eclipse scope) and in red.xml (just for project scope) to specify custom python&RF installation path.

[danielvanmil]

solved. pybot needed administrator rights to run. thanks.

[plebcity]

Please update this on the first steps page.

[KrzysztofJozefowicz]

@k0enf0rNL - do you mean following info:
"RED checks python path by running which/where command (OS specific), there is also option in Preferences (Eclipse scope) and in red.xml (just for project scope) to specify custom python&RF installation path. "
or
"solved. pybot needed administrator rights to run"

Former one is already included in first steps: https://github.com/nokia/RED/blob/master/doc/preferences_misc.md

[plebcity]

there should be note on that page which says something like this: "Be sure to open eclipse as administrator because pybot needs administrator rights"

[KrzysztofJozefowicz]

ok, noted :)