How to fix Python tox ImportError: cannot import name 'cmdline' from 'tox'
Problem:
When trying to run your unit tests using tox
you see the following error message:
tox_traceback.txt
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/uli/.local/bin/tox", line 5, in <module>
from tox import cmdline
ImportError: cannot import name 'cmdline' from 'tox' (/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/tox/__init__.py)
Solution
You’re using an older version of tox as an executable. To find out which executable you’re using, check this line of the error message:
tox_exec_path.txt
File "/home/uli/.local/bin/tox", line 5, in <module>
In our case, the executable is
example.txt
/home/uli/.local/bin/tox
Delete that file!
After that, tox
should work fine. If not, update tox
using
upgrade_tox.sh
pip install -U tox
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