Spacy: No module named spacy.__main__

[JoelDeLeon]

Help! I have installed and uninstalled spacy countless times but for some reason there is no .exec file in my anaconda3/bin folder.

When I run anything such as python -m spacy info,

I get this error:

/anaconda3/bin/python: No module named spacy.__main__; 'spacy' is a package and cannot be directly executed

what does this mean?

Your Environment

• Operating System: Mac 10.12.6
• Python Version Used: Python 3.6.4
• spaCy Version Used:
• Environment Information:

[ines]

In general, the error can mean many things – and it's definitely confusing, because spaCy should ship with a __main__.py, that allows executing the package from the command line. Some questions that might help with debugging:

• Are you installing the correct version from conda, i.e. this one?
• What happens if you open the Python interpreter and import spacy? Does this cause an error, too?

In some cases, it can also help to start off with a clean (virtual) environment, if you haven't tried that already. You could also try installing spaCy via pip instead of conda, although that's a pretty unsatisfying solution.

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[matanster]

I encounter the same error, on a freshly installed Ubuntu 16.04 and Anaconda, where spacy was installed with the conda command as per the installation instructions shown in the screenshot.

import spacy works fine.

The full error message is the following, and it is failing the same way in new terminal windows as well as in the original window where conda and spacy have been installed.

/home/user/anaconda3/bin/python: No module named spacy.__main__; 'spacy' is a package and cannot be directly executed

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