Not importing directory '/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/mpl_toolkits'

[qgib]

Author Name: Donovan Cameron (@saultdon)
Original Redmine Issue: 10849
Affected QGIS version: 2.4.0
Redmine category:python_plugins

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I'm seeing a python warning in the Log Messages panel when starting QGIS for Linux, but it starts fine so not sure what's affected by it:

@warning:/usr/lib/python2.7/pkgutil.py:186: ImportWarning: Not importing directory '/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/mpl_toolkits': missing init.py
file, filename, etc = imp.find_module(subname, path)

traceback: File "", line 1, in
File "/usr/share/qgis/python/qgis/utils.py", line 204, in startPlugin
plugins[packageName] = package.classFactory(iface)
File "/usr/share/qgis/python/plugins/MetaSearch/init.py", line 32, in classFactory
from MetaSearch.plugin import MetaSearchPlugin
File "/usr/share/qgis/python/qgis/utils.py", line 454, in _import
mod = _builtin_import(name, globals, locals, fromlist, level)
File "/usr/share/qgis/python/plugins/MetaSearch/plugin.py", line 33, in
from MetaSearch.dialogs.maindialog import MetaSearchDialog
File "/usr/share/qgis/python/qgis/utils.py", line 454, in _import
mod = _builtin_import(name, globals, locals, fromlist, level)
File "/usr/share/qgis/python/plugins/MetaSearch/dialogs/maindialog.py", line 45, in
from owslib.csw import CatalogueServiceWeb
File "/usr/share/qgis/python/qgis/utils.py", line 454, in _import
mod = _builtin_import(name, globals, locals, fromlist, level)
File "/usr/share/qgis/python/owslib/csw.py", line 18, in
from owslib import fes
File "/usr/share/qgis/python/qgis/utils.py", line 454, in _import
mod = _builtin_import(name, globals, locals, fromlist, level)
File "/usr/share/qgis/python/owslib/fes.py", line 19, in
from owslib import util
File "/usr/share/qgis/python/qgis/utils.py", line 454, in _import
mod = _builtin_import(name, globals, locals, fromlist, level)
File "/usr/share/qgis/python/owslib/util.py", line 13, in
import pytz
File "/usr/share/qgis/python/qgis/utils.py", line 454, in _import
mod = _builtin_import(name, globals, locals, fromlist, level)
File "/usr/share/qgis/python/pytz/init.py", line 29, in
from pkg_resources import resource_stream
File "/usr/share/qgis/python/qgis/utils.py", line 454, in _import
mod = _builtin_import(name, globals, locals, fromlist, level)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2888, in
add_activation_listener(lambda dist: dist.activate())
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 758, in subscribe
callback(dist)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2888, in
add_activation_listener(lambda dist: dist.activate())
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2427, in activate
declare_namespace(pkg)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2009, in declare_namespace
_handle_ns(packageName, path_item)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 1961, in _handle_ns
loader = importer.find_module(packageName)@

I've got python2-matplotlib 1.3.1 installed.

But that directory exists and there isn't an @init.py@ file,
@% ls /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/mpl_toolkits/
axes_grid axes_grid1 axisartist exceltools.py exceltools.pyc exceltools.pyo gtktools.py gtktools.pyc gtktools.pyo mplot3d@

I did find @init.py@ in the following places,
@% find /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/mpl_toolkits -type f -name 'init.py'
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/mpl_toolkits/axisartist/init.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/init.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/mpl_toolkits/axes_grid/init.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/mpl_toolkits/axes_grid1/init.py@

[qgib]

Author Name: Donovan Cameron (@saultdon)

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I was able to fix by copying the needed file from:

https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/blob/v1.3.x/lib/mpl_toolkits/__init__.py

@Try:
import('pkg_resources').declare_namespace(name)
except ImportError:
pass # must not have setuptools@

So I'm wondering if this is a packaging issue for Arch Linux (some other distros are reporting it as well). I'll inquire with the package maintainer.

[qgib]

Author Name: Donovan Cameron (@saultdon)

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Yup, looks like it's an upstream issue (fixed in matplotlib master for now). Closed for invalid =)

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• status_id was changed from Open to Closed