[SOLVED] No module named SkyNet found - problem installing open source code

Issue

SkyNet is publicly available as an open-source software at https://bitbucket.org/jlippuner/skynet. I am having problems installing this software. I am using Ubuntu, and I have downloaded all needed packages using apt. All tests pass (not at first, but after restarting), but the problems start when I try to run the example code.

As instructed at the bitbucket page, I have used CMake to try to install the package, and all files seem to be installed, and the tests work.

The first line in the code is from SkyNet import *, but this just returns No module named 'Skynet' found. I have tried to reinstall and using different versions of Python, but it doesn't seem to work. Can anyone help me?

Solution

Going through the Skynet documentation install page I found this,

For python to find the Skynet module the directory in which it exists has to be added to PYTHONPATH environment variable.

Replace install_dir with directory where the Skynet module has been installed to.

echo "export PYTHONPATH=<install_dir>/lib:\$PYTHONPATH" >> ~/.bashrc

An alternative approach would be to add the path where Skynet module exists to sys.path at the top of your script file.

Example

import sys
sys.path.append("/usr/lib/Skynet")
from Skynet import *

Here is a link to documentation on how python resolves module imports

Answered By - Mishal Ismeth

Answer Checked By - Cary Denson (WPSolving Admin)