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Asked: 2021-02-28 02:58:05 +0800 CST

Debian server unable to run Certbot

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root@vps434142:~# certbot 
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/certbot", line 6, in <module>
    from pkg_resources import load_entry_point
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3017, in <module>
    @_call_aside
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3003, in _call_aside
    f(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3030, in _initialize_master_working_set
    working_set = WorkingSet._build_master()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 659, in _build_master
    ws.require(__requires__)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 967, in require
    needed = self.resolve(parse_requirements(requirements))
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 853, in resolve
    raise DistributionNotFound(req, requirers)
pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: The 'certbot==0.28.0' distribution was not found and is required by the application
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2 Answers

  1. Please note that the information you have given is very scarce and I am guessing here. Nevertheless I will try to help you.

    Based on your answer(python 3.5) I am guessing that you are on debian stretch and not buster.

    I would try to reinstall python3 and certbot and see if that helps:

    apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
apt-get install --reinstall python3
apt-get install --reinstall certbot

    If that doesn't help, you could try to install certbot via pip:

    apt-get remove certbot
apt-get install python3-pip
pip3 install certbot
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  2. I have on server python from "box" - 2.7 + 3.5, then I installed Python 3.7 for some project and than had error like you. Than i edited /usr/bin/certbot and change first line to #!/usr/bin/python3.5

    This is helped me.

    Idea - apt installs Certbot and python3-certbot install packages for 3.5, but actual version python3 is python3.7 not 3.5

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