ImportError: No module named binstar_client.scripts.cli ? It's there but can't find.

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On my Ubuntu 14.04  bit I tried:

$ anaconda search -t conda r-lava

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/opt/anaconda/bin/anaconda", line 4, in <module>

    import binstar_client.scripts.cli

ImportError: No module named binstar_client.scripts.cli

So to alleviate it, I ran: 

:/opt/anaconda$ conda update binstar

Fetching package metadata: ....

# All requested packages already installed.

# packages in environment at /opt/anaconda:

binstar                   0.12                          2  

And tried 

>>> import binstar_client

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>

ImportError: No module named binstar_client

So curious I added binstar_client.pth

cat  /opt/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/binstar_client.pth 

binstar_client

 

$ ls /opt/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/binstar_client*

/opt/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/binstar_client.pth

/opt/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/binstar_client:

commands  inspect_package  tests  utils

Not sure why it's NOT finding binstar_client

BTW: :/opt/anaconda$ find . -name "binstar_client*"

./lib/python2.7/site-packages/binstar_client

./lib/python2.7/site-packages/binstar_client.pth

./pkgs/binstar-0.7.1-py27_0/lib/python2.7/site-packages/binstar_client

./pkgs/anaconda-client-1.4.0-py27_0/lib/python2.7/site-packages/binstar_client

./pkgs/binstar-0.5.3-py27_0/lib/python2.7/site-packages/binstar_client

Is there a way to reinstall anaconda fresh and keep the pkgs? That might be the cleanest of all way.

Thanks much,

[John Morrison]

You may have an older version of Anaconda as Binstar was the previous name. The new package should be anaconda-client, this allows you to search from Anaconda Cloud(Anaconda.org). It may be best to update.

    conda update conda

    conda update anaconda

    conda install anaconda-client

You could keep the packages directory and move it into place on a new installation. This is in ~/anaconda/pkgs, you could move this directory, remove Anaconda, reinstall a newer version of Anaconda, then move the directory back into the new installation.

    

[S. H. Yoon]

Don't think that's simple as that.

I for example have R installed via conda.

That seems to be in subdir of lib/R/bin

I have mv'd directory & created a symbol link  on my Ubuntu & installed a new one. A diff should reveal potential issues.

Still, thank u for the response. It does help me to certain pts.