Problem with pip installation | No module named 'manimlib.imports'

[purusharths]

Hello, I tried to install manim via pip on a fresh linux system (Fedora 30), although the installation went smoothly, I got a module not found ModuleNotFoundError stating that there's no file imports.py. The error is pasted below

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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/jarwin/Documents/envs/manimations/bin/manim", line 10, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
  File "/home/jarwin/Documents/envs/manimations/lib64/python3.7/site-packages/manimlib/__init__.py", line 10, in main
    config = manimlib.config.get_configuration(args)
  File "/home/jarwin/Documents/envs/manimations/lib64/python3.7/site-packages/manimlib/config.py", line 158, in get_configuration
    module = get_module(args.file)
  File "/home/jarwin/Documents/envs/manimations/lib64/python3.7/site-packages/manimlib/config.py", line 153, in get_module
    spec.loader.exec_module(module)
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 728, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 219, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "svg_test1.py", line 3, in <module>
    from manimlib.imports import *
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'manimlib.imports'

I went and looked at the installation directory, and there was indeed no imports.py file.

To fix this I manually added imports.py file at the same location given in the screenshot.

[harshitgarg22]

+1. I installed manim through pip in Solus. Got the same error. Had to copy imports.py from github repo to manimlib directory to make it work.

[soerface]

@eulertour could you do a quick git tag v0.1.4 && git push --tags? This should fix the issue, since the latest version on pypi is from my fork.

[eulertour]

I just ran the command, and verified that the corresponding commit hash manimlib.imports. That makes me feel a bit better about it, but really the tests need to be updated to use the pip package.

[Kolloom]

I span up a fedora vm and can confirm that manim installation has imports.py

[habibburrahman]

how to add manually imports.py?

[lkssmr]

+1. I installed manim through pip in Solus. Got the same error. Had to copy imports.py from github repo to manimlib directory to make it work.

Where do you get this from?

[MesserLancillotto]

how to add manually imports.py?

https://github.com/3b1b/manim/blob/cf656e9c21ec7f23a71a9f93b503294ec74c1b66/manimlib/imports.py

[JoshOyiki]

I believe this is an issue between the two different versions of manim: the community one and Grant’s version. The community one doesn’t include manimlib.imports