No module found error in ezCol.

[Tom Nathe]

I'm having all sorts of trouble getting ezCol to work. I keep finding modules that are not installed, or are installed but don't seem operational.

Here's what I see, -

When py ezCol.py is ran, a long list is generated, then a little white square, then finally, the last line shows this error - "ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pkg_resources'"

A little searching showed me that I needed to run "setuptools" through pip.

After installing setup tools and verifying that that indee setupstools was installed, I reran py ezCol.py and got the same "module not found" error as before.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\tmnat\AppData\Local\Python\pythoncore-3.14-64\Lib\multiprocessing\process.py", line 320, in _bootstrap
    self.run()
    ~~~~~~~~^^
  File "C:\Users\tmnat\AppData\Local\Python\pythoncore-3.14-64\Lib\multiprocessing\process.py", line 108, in run
    self._target(*self._args, **self._kwargs)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\ezra\ezCol.py", line 1780, in sdrTask
    from rtlsdr import RtlSdr
  File "C:\Users\tmnat\AppData\Local\Python\pythoncore-3.14-64\Lib\site-packages\rtlsdr\__init__.py", line 19, in <module>
    import pkg_resources
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pkg_resources'

[tedcl...@gmail.com]

Hi Tom,

Thanks for exploring ezRA.

The downloaded ezRA file,

      _===== START_HERE ================.txt

file, also found here on the web,

https://github.com/tedcline/ezRA/blob/master/ezRA/_%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%20START_HERE%20%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D%3D.txt

says in part,

        For installation on Windows, please explore
              doc/ezRA_20b_Windows_Install.pdf
        If get “no module found pkg_resources” error,
              https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/issues/3585
        suggests try
              pip install setuptools

But python keeps changing, so these days you might need to try

      py  -m  pip  install  setuptools

Others have had quick success this way, so I am surprised you are not having success.

I want to help.

---
Ted Cline
TedClineGit at gmail.com

For folks starting to explore radio astronomy,
      ezRA - Easy Radio Astronomy
      Free 1420 MHz Galactic hydrogen data collection and analysis
      Open source
      Windows and Linux
      https://github.com/tedcline/ezRA
        https://youtu.be/kHgwEbWKhzs    (13 minute Simple Overview)

[Tom Nathe]

Hi Ted -

The Windows installation package instructions do not match the reality of the various links that you laid out. I'm not sure what DLL files are located in whatever files that you mention. The layout is totally different.

But before I asked for help, I did run the setuptools command, which it did install, but when I run ezCol, the error message still says setuptools not installed. 

So at this stage, I have zero idea what's going on. So I do need a more detailed list of steps to take to get this running.

Tom

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