CommonIssues.md

Common Issues

This file contains resolutions for some common issues.

Environment Access Issues (More common in Virtual Environments)

1. Make sure "pip" path corresponds to the anaconda virtual environment or the default python path corresponding to the environment.

2. “ERROR: Could not install packages due to an EnvironmentError: [Errno 13] Permission denied”

   while running: pip install -r requirements.txt

   Cause: Access issue corresponding to system files/libraries vs virtual env. Add the “--user” flag: pip install -r requirements.txt --user

3. PyAudio Issues: If you would like to use speech un-comment "pyaudio" in "requirements.txt" file. PyAudio might cause errors while installing. You can do the following:

   • Through Anaconda (for any OS): conda install -c anaconda pyaudio
   • For MacOs:

     brew install portaudio
     pip install -r requirements.txt
     

   • For Ubuntu/Debian:

     sudo apt-get install python-pyaudio python3-pyaudio
     pip install -r requirements.txt
     

   • For Windows:

     pip install -r requirements.txt
     

   If installing on VM add a "--user" flag.

4. Google Text To Speech Library (Gtts): Common Error: AssertionError: gtts>=2.0.1 .dist-info directory not found on Virtual machine: pip install setuptools --upgrade --user pip install --user --force-reinstall --ignore-installed --no-binary :all: gTTS or: pip install setuptools --upgrade pip install --force-reinstall --ignore-installed --no-binary :all: gTTS

5. Six:

   pip install six==1.11.0 --user