Why do I ImportError: cannot import name signals?

I am trying to install askbot, but when I run the command python manage.py syncdb, I get the following error.

Traceback (most recent call last): File "manage.py", line 11, in ? execute_manager(settings) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/Django-1.1.2-py2.4.egg/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 362, in execute_manager utility.execute() File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/Django-1.1.2-py2.4.egg/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 303, in execute self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/Django-1.1.2-py2.4.egg/django/core/management/base.py", line 195, in run_from_argv self.execute(args, *options.__dict__) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/Django-1.1.2-py2.4.egg/django/core/management/base.py", line 221, in execute self.validate() File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/Django-1.1.2-py2.4.egg/django/core/management/base.py", line 249, in validate num_errors = get_validation_errors(s, app) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/Django-1.1.2-py2.4.egg/django/core/management/validation.py", line 28, in get_validation_errors for (app_name, error) in get_app_errors().items(): File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/Django-1.1.2-py2.4.egg/django/db/models/loading.py", line 145, in get_app_errors self._populate() File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/Django-1.1.2-py2.4.egg/django/db/models/loading.py", line 63, in _populate self.load_app(app_name) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/Django-1.1.2-py2.4.egg/django/db/models/loading.py", line 77, in load_app models = import_module('.models', app_name) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/Django-1.1.2-py2.4.egg/django/utils/importlib.py", line 35, in import_module __import__(name) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/askbot-0.6.17-py2.4.egg/askbot/models/__init__.py", line 28, in ? from askbot.models import signals ImportError: cannot import name signals

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Evgeny

updated 2010-10-26 15:01:57 -0600

andrewv

asked 2010-10-25 19:41:14 -0600

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can you try python 2.6? I've not tested askbot with 2.4 in a while.

Evgeny (2010-10-25 19:45:58 -0600) edit

also, you might try a version from github the pypi files will be updated soon anyway.

Evgeny (2010-10-25 19:47:42 -0600) edit

were you able to get askbot run on python2.4?

Evgeny (2010-10-26 15:03:24 -0600) edit

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Old Python. try Python > 2.6.0

coldsystem

answered 2013-02-13 10:52:13 -0600

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Maybe you can give a quick try to the version in github? Also, if you can - use python 2.6 and postgresql as a database.

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Evgeny

answered 2010-10-25 19:50:33 -0600

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I can't use postgresql, but I can try the version in github, I was previously using the stable release. python 2.6 might not be an option either since I have limited access to the machine.

andrewv (2010-10-25 20:16:14 -0600) edit

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I am trying from the github version, now I am getting the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/startforum", line 7, in ? sys.exit( File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c11-py2.4.egg/pkg_resources.py", line 318, in load_entry_point return get_distribution(dist).load_entry_point(group, name) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c11-py2.4.egg/pkg_resources.py", line 2221, in load_entry_point return ep.load() File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c11-py2.4.egg/pkg_resources.py", line 1954, in load entry = __import__(self.module_name, globals(),globals(), ['__name__']) ImportError: No module named askbot.deployment

andrewv

answered 2010-10-25 20:25:13 -0600

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oops didn't mean for this to be an answer

andrewv (2010-10-25 20:25:35 -0600) edit

take a look at this http://askbot.org/en/question/93/why-do-i-get-a-no-module-named-askbotdeployment that's about that exact problem

Evgeny (2010-10-25 20:28:47 -0600) edit

I did that, but now the problem is that the installation of askbot through the github version added it to the site-packages and added it to python path, but python still can't import it. Do you have any ideas what might cause this? I am a bit new to hardcare Python.

andrewv (2010-10-25 21:00:11 -0600) edit

try to follow instructions in the answer that I've linked to above. you can copy files that startforum wants manually and you can open python shell session just by typing "python" and then "import sys" and "print '\n'.join(sys.path) that shows what is in the PYTHONPATH variable

Evgeny (2010-10-25 21:09:47 -0600) edit

if you still get that "cannot import signals" error, then I can't help you quickly - will need to try version 2.4 myself. will take a look tomorrow.

Evgeny (2010-10-25 21:10:33 -0600) edit

I did follow instructions this is what is in my python path: /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/askbot-0.6.17-py2.4.egg /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django_robots-0.8.0-py2.4.egg /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django_threaded_multihost-1.4_0-py2.4.egg /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django_keyedcache-1.4_1-py2.4.egg /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/Django-1.1.2-py2.4.egg But I cannot import

andrewv (2010-10-25 21:12:08 -0600) edit

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