AttributeError: module 'importlib._bootstrap' has no attribute 'SourceFileLoader'

[nathandcornell]

I get this error when trying to install with pip3 or pipenv.

Full trace:

~  pip3 install --user dotenv
Collecting dotenv
  Using cached https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/e2/46/3754073706e31670eed18bfa8a879305b56a471db15f20523c2427b10078/dotenv-0.0.5.tar.gz
    Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 154, in save_modules
        yield saved
      File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 194, in setup_context
        __import__('setuptools')
      File "/private/var/folders/9h/tnvh3n990gn5qz49r58n1lrc0000gn/T/easy_install-qtm9m32i/distribute-0.7.3/setuptools/__init__.py", line 2, in <module>
      File "/private/var/folders/9h/tnvh3n990gn5qz49r58n1lrc0000gn/T/easy_install-qtm9m32i/distribute-0.7.3/setuptools/extension.py", line 5, in <module>
      File "/private/var/folders/9h/tnvh3n990gn5qz49r58n1lrc0000gn/T/easy_install-qtm9m32i/distribute-0.7.3/setuptools/dist.py", line 7, in <module>
      File "/private/var/folders/9h/tnvh3n990gn5qz49r58n1lrc0000gn/T/easy_install-qtm9m32i/distribute-0.7.3/setuptools/command/__init__.py", line 8, in <module>
      File "/private/var/folders/9h/tnvh3n990gn5qz49r58n1lrc0000gn/T/easy_install-qtm9m32i/distribute-0.7.3/setuptools/command/install_scripts.py", line 3, in <module>
      File "/private/var/folders/9h/tnvh3n990gn5qz49r58n1lrc0000gn/T/easy_install-qtm9m32i/distribute-0.7.3/pkg_resources.py", line 1518, in <module>
    AttributeError: module 'importlib._bootstrap' has no attribute 'SourceFileLoader'

    During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
      File "/private/var/folders/9h/tnvh3n990gn5qz49r58n1lrc0000gn/T/pip-install-88luf9yh/dotenv/setup.py", line 23, in <module>
        scripts=['scripts/dotenv']
      File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/__init__.py", line 128, in setup
        _install_setup_requires(attrs)
      File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/__init__.py", line 123, in _install_setup_requires
        dist.fetch_build_eggs(dist.setup_requires)
      File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/dist.py", line 513, in fetch_build_eggs
        replace_conflicting=True,
      File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 774, in resolve
        replace_conflicting=replace_conflicting
      File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 1057, in best_match
        return self.obtain(req, installer)
      File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 1069, in obtain
        return installer(requirement)
      File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/dist.py", line 580, in fetch_build_egg
        return cmd.easy_install(req)
      File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 673, in easy_install
        return self.install_item(spec, dist.location, tmpdir, deps)
      File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 699, in install_item
        dists = self.install_eggs(spec, download, tmpdir)
      File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 884, in install_eggs
        return self.build_and_install(setup_script, setup_base)
      File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 1152, in build_and_install
        self.run_setup(setup_script, setup_base, args)
      File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 1138, in run_setup
        run_setup(setup_script, args)
      File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 233, in run_setup
        with setup_context(setup_dir):
      File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/3.6.5/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/contextlib.py", line 81, in __enter__
        return next(self.gen)
      File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 195, in setup_context
        yield
      File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/3.6.5/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/contextlib.py", line 99, in __exit__
        self.gen.throw(type, value, traceback)
      File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 166, in save_modules
        saved_exc.resume()
      File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 141, in resume
        six.reraise(type, exc, self._tb)
      File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/_vendor/six.py", line 685, in reraise
        raise value.with_traceback(tb)
      File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 154, in save_modules
        yield saved
      File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 194, in setup_context
        __import__('setuptools')
      File "/private/var/folders/9h/tnvh3n990gn5qz49r58n1lrc0000gn/T/easy_install-qtm9m32i/distribute-0.7.3/setuptools/__init__.py", line 2, in <module>
      File "/private/var/folders/9h/tnvh3n990gn5qz49r58n1lrc0000gn/T/easy_install-qtm9m32i/distribute-0.7.3/setuptools/extension.py", line 5, in <module>
      File "/private/var/folders/9h/tnvh3n990gn5qz49r58n1lrc0000gn/T/easy_install-qtm9m32i/distribute-0.7.3/setuptools/dist.py", line 7, in <module>
      File "/private/var/folders/9h/tnvh3n990gn5qz49r58n1lrc0000gn/T/easy_install-qtm9m32i/distribute-0.7.3/setuptools/command/__init__.py", line 8, in <module>
      File "/private/var/folders/9h/tnvh3n990gn5qz49r58n1lrc0000gn/T/easy_install-qtm9m32i/distribute-0.7.3/setuptools/command/install_scripts.py", line 3, in <module>
      File "/private/var/folders/9h/tnvh3n990gn5qz49r58n1lrc0000gn/T/easy_install-qtm9m32i/distribute-0.7.3/pkg_resources.py", line 1518, in <module>
    AttributeError: module 'importlib._bootstrap' has no attribute 'SourceFileLoader'

    ----------------------------------------
Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in /private/var/folders/9h/tnvh3n990gn5qz49r58n1lrc0000gn/T/pip-install-88luf9yh/dotenv/

Versions:

~  python --version
Python 3.6.5
~  pip --version
pip 10.0.1 from /usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pip (python 3.6)
~  pipenv --version
pipenv, version 11.10.4

[byronvanstien]

Also experiencing this issue, although on Python 3.7.0a4

[bertday]

Also having this issue, Python 3.6.5 and installing via pipenv.

[danmackinlay]

Yes, I'm having this problem on

• python 3.6.4 64 bit anaconda, and
• python 3.6.5 installed via linuxbrew
  both on ubuntu 16.04.

However, it works fine on OSX via all the python interpreters I have there (homebrew install, system, anaconda).

On OSX and Ubuntu, other packages apart from dotenv install via pip just fine. This is specific to dotenv+Ubuntu for me. Is that the case for others?

searching for AttributeError: module 'importlib._bootstrap' has no attribute 'SourceFileLoader' on google reveals many occurrences of this error, but mostly they seem to be about pip being entirely broken, not one specific package

I can't work out how to drop into debugger when running pip install (because it calls sys.exit()) so I haven't proceeded far in debugging this, and I am on an unrelated deadline, so let me share my workaround for now - download dotenv (or clone from github) and run pip install -e . from the download dir.

[fourjr]

You are installing the wrong package, do pip install python-dotenv

[nathandcornell]

LOL, thanks! I like an easy fix. 😄

[jchao09]

python-dotenv is not a fix for me. I have it installed in my virtualenv

Requirement already satisfied: python-dotenv in /usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages (0.8.2)

but when I start my django app, it still complains about

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "server.py", line 8, in <module>
    from dotenv import load_dotenv, find_dotenv
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'dotenv'

[fourjr]

that's not the same issue as mentioned in this issue, and that's probably a virtualenv issue

[martinwunderlich-celonis]

Had the same issue with Python 3.11, Pip 23.3.2 and Mac Os Ventura 13.6.3. Changing the package to python-dotenv solved the problem. Thanks!