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I am trying to install CKAN 2.8.2 in Ubuntu 18.04 following these instructions.

I have followed all steps successfully, until step 4.2 with sudo ckan db init.

I get the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/ckan", line 4, in <module>
    from pkg_resources import load_entry_point
  File "/usr/lib/ckan/default/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 84, in <module>
    __import__('pkg_resources.extern.packaging.requirements')
  File "/usr/lib/ckan/default/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pkg_resources/extern/__init__.py", line 61, in load_module
    "distribution.".format(**locals())
ImportError: The 'packaging.requirements' package is required; normally this is bundled with this package so if you get this warning, consult the packager of your distribution.

Any ideas on what is wrong?

Ricardo Dahis
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The error is pretty clear about it

ImportError: The 'packaging.requirements' package is required; normally this is bundled with this package so if you get this warning, consult the packager of your distribution.

The link you have in the question states

but it requires Ubuntu 16.04 64-bit or Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit

So that excludes 18.04 what you are installing.

As stated in the error: take it up with the maintainer to adjust the package to include the requirements for 18.04

As a general guide: packages outside of the Ubuntu system that belong to a lower LTS tend to NOT work since we switch a lot of the core features between LTS releases (the switch from unity to gnome for instance happened in between 16.04 and 18.04)

Rinzwind
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