pipenv install -> ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'chardet'

Created on 19 Mar 2018 · 4Comments · Source: pypa/pipenv

Running pipenv install inside empty dir gives:

$ pipenv install
Creating a virtualenv for this project…
Using /usr/bin/python3 (3.6.3) to create virtualenv…
⠋Already using interpreter /usr/bin/python3
Using base prefix '/usr'
New python executable in /home/user/.local/share/virtualenvs/temp-3Hlnl3pp/bin/python3
Also creating executable in /home/user/.local/share/virtualenvs/temp-3Hlnl3pp/bin/python
Installing setuptools, pip, wheel...done.

Virtualenv location: /home/user/.local/share/virtualenvs/temp-3Hlnl3pp
Creating a Pipfile for this project…
Pipfile.lock not found, creating…
Locking [dev-packages] dependencies…
python3.6/dist-packages/pipenv/../pipenv/core.py", line 21, in <module>
    import requests
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/pipenv/../pipenv/../requests/__init__.py", line 44, in <module>
    import chardet
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'chardet'

Expected result

No error message

Actual result

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/pipenv/resolver.py", line 75, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/pipenv/resolver.py", line 30, in main
    import pipenv.core
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/pipenv/../pipenv/core.py", line 21, in <module>
    import requests
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/pipenv/../pipenv/../requests/__init__.py", line 44, in <module>
    import chardet
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'chardet'

Steps to replicate

Inside new dir pipenv install

Please run $ python -m pipenv.help, and paste the results here.

$ python -m pipenv.help output

Pipenv version: '11.8.0'

Pipenv location: '/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/pipenv'

Python location: '/usr/bin/python3'

Other Python installations in PATH:

2.7: /usr/bin/python2.7
2.7: /usr/bin/python2.7
3.6: /usr/bin/python3.6m
3.6: /usr/bin/python3.6
2.7.14: /usr/bin/python
2.7.14: /usr/bin/python2
3.6.3: /usr/bin/python3

PEP 508 Information:

{'implementation_name': 'cpython',
 'implementation_version': '3.6.3',
 'os_name': 'posix',
 'platform_machine': 'x86_64',
 'platform_python_implementation': 'CPython',
 'platform_release': '4.13.0-37-generic',
 'platform_system': 'Linux',
 'platform_version': '#42-Ubuntu SMP Wed Mar 7 14:13:23 UTC 2018',
 'python_full_version': '3.6.3',
 'python_version': '3.6',
 'sys_platform': 'linux'}

System environment variables:

COLORFGBG
COLORTERM
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS
DEFAULTS_PATH
DESKTOP_SESSION
DISPLAY
GDMSESSION
GDM_LANG
HOME
KONSOLE_DBUS_SERVICE
KONSOLE_DBUS_SESSION
KONSOLE_DBUS_WINDOW
KONSOLE_PROFILE_NAME
LANG
LANGUAGE
LC_ADDRESS
LC_IDENTIFICATION
LC_MEASUREMENT
LC_MONETARY
LC_NAME
LC_NUMERIC
LC_PAPER
LC_TELEPHONE
LC_TIME
LOGNAME
MANDATORY_PATH
PAPERSIZE
PATH
PROFILEHOME
PWD
SHELL
SHELL_SESSION_ID
SHLVL
SSH_AGENT_PID
SSH_AUTH_SOCK
TERM
USER
WINDOWID
XAUTHORITY
XDG_CONFIG_DIRS
XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP
XDG_DATA_DIRS
XDG_GREETER_DATA_DIR
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR
XDG_SEAT
XDG_SEAT_PATH
XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP
XDG_SESSION_ID
XDG_SESSION_PATH
XDG_SESSION_TYPE
XDG_VTNR
OLDPWD
ZSH
PAGER
LESS
LC_CTYPE
LSCOLORS
LS_COLORS
VIRTUAL_ENV_DISABLE_PROMPT
ZSH_TMUX_TERM
_ZSH_TMUX_FIXED_CONFIG
EDITOR
_
PIP_PYTHON_PATH
PYTHONUNBUFFERED

Pipenv–specific environment variables:

Debug–specific environment variables:

PATH: /home/zhukovgreen/bin:/usr/local/bin:/home/zhukovgreen/.local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin
SHELL: /usr/bin/zsh
EDITOR: nvim
LANG: en_US.UTF-8
PWD: /home/zhukovgreen/temp

Contents of Pipfile ('/home/zhukovgreen/temp/Pipfile'):

[[source]]

url = "https://pypi.python.org/simple"
verify_ssl = true
name = "pypi"


[packages]



[dev-packages]



[requires]

python_version = "3.6"

Source

ZhukovGreen

Most helpful comment

I update the pipenv by pip3 install -U pipenv and solve the problem...
Before update, my pipenv version was 11.9.0, and now it is pipenv, version 2018.05.18

LucianLiu6 on 14 May 2018

👍3 ❤2

All 4 comments

cannot reproduce

kennethreitz42 on 19 Mar 2018

😕2

This somehow linked with the way I installed the pipenv. If I installing the pipenv with pip install --user pipenv, then no issues

ZhukovGreen on 19 Mar 2018

👍3

I update the pipenv by pip3 install -U pipenv and solve the problem...
Before update, my pipenv version was 11.9.0, and now it is pipenv, version 2018.05.18

LucianLiu6 on 14 May 2018

👍3 ❤2

if you use windows7 make sure to open command prompt with administrator then run commands.