Error when running dropbox.py

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test@SERVER:~/source/dropbox/.dropbox-dist$ ./dropbox.py      
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./dropbox.py", line 39, in <module>
    import urllib
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib.py", line 30, in <module>
    from urlparse import urljoin as basejoin
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urlparse.py", line 84, in <module>
    from collections import namedtuple
ImportError: cannot import name namedtuple

dropbox.py has 755 perms. In system I have 2, 2.6 versions of python. Running python2 dropbox.py or python2.6 dropbox.py spits the same error.

and here is dropbox.py file from Dropbox website

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test@SERVER:~/source/dropbox/.dropbox-dist$ python2.6
Python 2.6.5 (r265:79063, Apr 16 2010, 13:57:41) 
[GCC 4.4.3] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> from collections import namedtuple
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: cannot import name namedtuple
>>>

What happens if you try from collections import namedtuple in the python2.6 IDE? And could you please post the header of that IDE session? — Rik Poggi
– Rik Poggi, Commented Feb 22, 2012 at 15:19

kindall · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-22 15:24:26Z

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Looks like there's another module in your Python path named collections (probably collections.py but could also be a folder named collections that has an __init__.py in it) that's preventing the Python 2.6 collections module from being imported. Could be something in the directory that's current when you invoke Python -- check there first. Otherwise try python26 -c 'import sys; print sys.path' to see where Python's looking for modules.

answered Feb 22, 2012 at 15:24

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Nick Woodhams Over a year ago

In my case, I had put dropbox.py in the .dropbox-dist/ folder. This was causing the error. As soon as I moved it outside the folder, it worked fine.

dgo.a · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-22 16:21:25Z

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@kindall was right. The .dropbox-dist folder contains collections.so which interferes with the dropbox.py script. Move the file to a different folder. Here is one way:

mkdir cli
mv dropbox.py cli/dropbox.py
cd cli
./dropbox.py --help

answered Feb 22, 2012 at 16:21

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tito · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-22 15:28:34Z

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Can you try do to

python -c 'import collections; print collections.__file__'

And ensure that the path is /usr/lib/python2.6/collections.pyc. If not, then you have another modules in your PYTHONPATH that replace this one. If yes, then try again by doing:

python -c 'import collections; print dir(collections)'

And show us the result.

Normally, namedtuple have been introduced to 2.6 so...

answered Feb 22, 2012 at 15:28

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