Google App Engine Flask Sample ERROR: "no module named six"

Question

after installing the gcloud SDK and cloning the samples git rep to my local machine, I opened the Flask / hello_world sample and did pip install -t lib -r requirements.txt. I am using virtualenv.

Then I got the following error:

File "/Users/assafshamia/Freebird/Techradar/dev/samples/env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/setuptools/py27compat.py", line 7, in <module>
        import six
    ImportError: No module named six

I then did pip install -t lib six, which did install six under /lib, but I still get the above error.

any ideas?

Why are you using `-t` flag? If you activated your virtualenv, let pip install packages in it (omit `-t lib` part). — errata, Jun 01 '17 at 11:03
because the app engine SDK will look for 3rd party modules under /lib. in that sample code there is a special file called appengine_config.py with the line vendor.add('lib'). — NightOwl, Jun 01 '17 at 11:06
in any case, removing -t lib still gives an error "no module named six". it is when it tries to install itsdangerous. — NightOwl, Jun 01 '17 at 11:07
@NightOwl were u able fix this issue. Facing the same issue now. — jefe23984, Jun 27 '22 at 13:16

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 01 '17 at 11:19

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This is apparently a known bug https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/1042.

adding "six" to requirements.txt did the trick.

answered Jun 01 '17 at 11:19

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