Yowsup: ImportError

[mcl024]

i get the following error

matthias@matthias-desktop:~/yowsup$ yowsup-cli
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/yowsup-cli", line 4, in
import('pkg_resources').run_script('yowsup2==2.0.53', 'yowsup-cli')
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 499, in run_script
self.require(requires)[0].run_script(script_name, ns)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 1246, in run_script
exec script_code in namespace, namespace
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/yowsup2-2.0.53-py2.7.egg/EGG-INFO/scripts/yowsup-cli", line 6, in

File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/yowsup/demos/cli/init.py", line 1, in
#
File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/yowsup/demos/cli/stack.py", line 2, in
File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/yowsup/layers/axolotl/init.py", line 1, in
#
File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/yowsup/layers/axolotl/layer.py", line 3, in
File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/axolotl/util/keyhelper.py", line 3, in
File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/axolotl/identitykeypair.py", line 1, in
File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/axolotl/state/storageprotos.py", line 9, in
ImportError: cannot import name symbol_database

[tgalal]

try sudo pip install --upgrade protobuf ?

[mcl024]

thx, but nothing changed :-) I get the similar error

matthias@matthias-desktop:~/yowsup$ yowsup-cli
/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/init.py:1180: UserWarning: /home/matthias/.python-eggs is writable by group/others and vulnerable to attack when used with get_resource_filename. Consider a more secure location (set with .set_extraction_path or the PYTHON_EGG_CACHE environment variable).
warnings.warn(msg, UserWarning)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/yowsup-cli", line 4, in
import('pkg_resources').run_script('yowsup2==2.0.53', 'yowsup-cli')
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/init.py", line 652, in run_script
self.require(requires)[0].run_script(script_name, ns)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/init.py", line 1580, in run_script
exec(script_code, namespace, namespace)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/yowsup2-2.0.53-py2.7.egg/EGG-INFO/scripts/yowsup-cli", line 6, in

File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/yowsup/demos/cli/init.py", line 1, in
#
File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/yowsup/demos/cli/stack.py", line 2, in
File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/yowsup/layers/axolotl/init.py", line 1, in
#
File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/yowsup/layers/axolotl/layer.py", line 3, in
File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/axolotl/util/keyhelper.py", line 3, in
File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/axolotl/identitykeypair.py", line 1, in
File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/axolotl/state/storageprotos.py", line 9, in
ImportError: cannot import name symbol_database
matthias@matthias-desktop:~/yowsup$

[tgalal]

which protobuf version do you have, in python console try:

from google import protobuf
print(protobuf.__version__)

[mcl024]

print(protobuf.version)
3.0.0-alpha-1

[tgalal]

try remove and reinstall protobuf python package

[mcl024]

Mhh, after reinstalling i get this message from python console

print(protobuf.version)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in
NameError: name 'protobuf' is not defined

[tgalal]

Make sure protobuf is installed

[mcl024]

Sorry but don`t now what is going on. I installed python-protobuf like this:

matthias@matthias-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install python-protobuf
Paketlisten werden gelesen... Fertig
Abhängigkeitsbaum wird aufgebaut
Statusinformationen werden eingelesen... Fertig
Die folgenden NEUEN Pakete werden installiert:
python-protobuf
0 aktualisiert, 1 neu installiert, 0 zu entfernen und 2 nicht aktualisiert.
Es müssen noch 0 B von 77,5 kB an Archiven heruntergeladen werden.
Nach dieser Operation werden 463 kB Plattenplatz zusätzlich benutzt.
Vormals nicht ausgewähltes Paket python-protobuf wird gewählt.
(Lese Datenbank ... 222202 Dateien und Verzeichnisse sind derzeit installiert.)
Entpacken von python-protobuf (aus .../python-protobuf_2.4.1-3ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
python-protobuf (2.4.1-3ubuntu1) wird eingerichtet ...

Everything them to be fine but when i print the version in python i get this:

matthias@matthias-desktop:~$ python
Python 2.7.3 (default, Feb 27 2014, 19:39:10)
[GCC 4.7.2] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

print(protobuf.version)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in
NameError: name 'protobuf' is not defined

[mcl024]

Ok, sorry protobuf version works. Forgot the form google import protobuf

matthias@matthias-desktop:~/yowsup$ python
Python 2.7.3 (default, Feb 27 2014, 19:39:10)
[GCC 4.7.2] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

from google import protobuf
print(protobuf.version)
3.0.0-alpha-1

matthias@matthias-desktop:~/yowsup$

But i get the same ImportError

[mcl024]

Any ideas??

[tgalal]

no sorry, it looks like problems with your protobuf installation which I can't help with :/

[mediumwell]

Hint: yowsup uses a feature of protobuf (namely "symbol_database") which is only available in recent versions of protobuf.

If you try to use yowsup on a CentOS 6 system, you are out of luck because the EPEL repositories give you protobuf-python version 2.3.something (which is too old). Installing protobuf 2.6.1 via pip is not a solution because you end up with "google" packages in two places:

/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/google
/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/protobuf-2.6.1-py2.6.egg/google

If you now do "import google" in your application (which yowsup does) you will only get the native directory and its content, not the one inside the egg.

[mcl024]

Sorry but i did not understand what you mean. What can i do to make it work?

[rfelten]

Hi,
I ran in the same issues (see below) after updating to protobuf to 3.0.0a4 from git:

rf@host:~/src/protobuf/examples$ ./add_person.py 
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./add_person.py", line 5, in <module>
    import addressbook_pb2
  File "/home/rf/src/protobuf/examples/addressbook_pb2.py", line 9, in <module>
    from google.protobuf import symbol_database as _symbol_database
ImportError: cannot import name symbol_database

After removing the abandoned python binding of ubuntu via

 sudo apt-get remove python-protobuf

the examples work for me.

[crearo]

@rfelten 's solution did the trick :)

[jacobcui]

Thanks @rfelten your trick works for me on ubuntu14.04.3

[VividLe]

for the probleme
ImportError: cannot import name symbol_database

sudo pip install --upgrade protobuf
works for me

[denolia]

Just in case:
check that you have installed protobuf for the same version of python you are trying to use.

[lakehanne]

Thanks @LeYangNwpu ! Your recommendation works!