[Tutor] ImportError: No module named '_sysconfigdata_m'

[Oscar Benjamin]

On 23 September 2013 20:28, Albert-Jan Roskam <fomcl at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just wanted to type "git status" in my Linux terminal but I made a typo
> and I got a long Python 3.3 traceback message. Just curious: What does it
> mean?
>
> gigt status
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/lib/python3.3/site.py", line 631, in <module>
>     main()
>   File "/usr/lib/python3.3/site.py", line 616, in main
>     known_paths = addusersitepackages(known_paths)
>   File "/usr/lib/python3.3/site.py", line 284, in addusersitepackages
>     user_site = getusersitepackages()
>   File "/usr/lib/python3.3/site.py", line 260, in getusersitepackages
>     user_base = getuserbase() # this will also set USER_BASE
>   File "/usr/lib/python3.3/site.py", line 250, in getuserbase
>     USER_BASE = get_config_var('userbase')
>   File "/usr/lib/python3.3/sysconfig.py", line 580, in get_config_var
>     return get_config_vars().get(name)
>   File "/usr/lib/python3.3/sysconfig.py", line 530, in get_config_vars
>     _init_posix(_CONFIG_VARS)
>   File "/usr/lib/python3.3/sysconfig.py", line 403, in _init_posix
>     from _sysconfigdata import build_time_vars
>   File "/usr/lib/python3.3/_sysconfigdata.py", line 6, in <module>
>     from _sysconfigdata_m import *
> ImportError: No module named '_sysconfigdata_m'

This message comes as Steven says from the Python code that checks
unrecognised commands against the apt database to offer suggestions
for how to install the command you want. The error message either
results from a bug in Ubuntu (assuming it is Ubuntu) or it is because
you've screwed with your system in some way (or both).

Which version of Ubuntu are you using and did it come with Python 3.3
or did you install that separately somehow? I've had problems before
that come from installing newer Python versions that haven't yet been
appropriately patched for Ubuntu.


Oscar