Cant start sabnzbd anymore

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clueo8
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Cant start sabnzbd anymore

Post by clueo8 »

I think something is messed up with my python, I can no longer start sab:

* Starting SABnzbd+ binary newsgrabber Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/sabnzbdplus", line 55, in <module>
import cherrypy
File "/usr/share/sabnzbdplus/cherrypy/__init__.py", line 60, in <module>
import pkg_resources
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 72, in <module>
import packaging.requirements
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/packaging/requirements.py", line 59, in <module>
MARKER_EXPR = originalTextFor(MARKER_EXPR())("marker")
TypeError: __call__() takes exactly 2 arguments (1 given)
[fail]

I tried reinstalling both sab and python2.7, but nothing works. Also tried removing/reinstalling cherrypy with both pip and apt but does not resolve the issue. I don't want to remove python all together because it would remove over half of my OS! I'm on Ubuntu 14.04
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Re: Cant start sabnzbd anymore

Post by safihre »

You should try and reinstall python disttools and/or setuptools and/or packaging (it's a pip module). Either using pip or apt.
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Re: Cant start sabnzbd anymore

Post by clueo8 »

Thanks. I tried reinstalling but it did not work. I got it to work by removing packaging all together with:

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sudo pip uninstall packaging
Then sab started right up. I didn't even have to reinstall packaging, which I find odd.
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