I installed v2 poetry to a different folder and now the old install doesn't work

[developer992]

Issue Kind

Unclear documentation

Existing Link

https://python-poetry.org/docs/

Description

windows 11:

i have poetry v1.8.x in ~\AppData\Roaming\pypoetry\venv\Scripts

But there is also .exe here: ~\AppData\Roaming\Python\Scripts

I have installed v2 here. C:\Program Files\pypoetry\v2\bin

and this works now:

>C:\Program Files\pypoetry\v2\bin\poetry.exe' --version
Poetry (version 2.1.3)

But the old one doesn't work anymore:

PS> ~\AppData\Roaming\pypoetry\venv\Scripts\poetry.exe --version
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "~\AppData\Roaming\pypoetry\venv\Lib\site-packages\requests\compat.py", line 11, in <module>
    import chardet
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'chardet'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "~\AppData\Roaming\pypoetry\venv\Lib\site-packages\cleo\application.py", line 327, in run
    exit_code = self._run(io)
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "~\AppData\Roaming\pypoetry\venv\Lib\site-packages\poetry\console\application.py", line 188, in _run
    self._load_plugins(io)
  File "~\AppData\Roaming\pypoetry\venv\Lib\site-packages\poetry\console\application.py", line 354, in _load_plugins
    manager.load_plugins()
  File "~\AppData\Roaming\pypoetry\venv\Lib\site-packages\poetry\plugins\plugin_manager.py", line 38, in load_plugins
    self._load_plugin_entry_point(ep)
  File "~\AppData\Roaming\pypoetry\venv\Lib\site-packages\poetry\plugins\plugin_manager.py", line 76, in _load_plugin_entry_point
    plugin = ep.load()  # type: ignore[no-untyped-call]
             ^^^^^^^^^
  File "~\.pyenv\pyenv-win\versions\3.11.5\Lib\importlib\metadata\__init__.py", line 202, in load
    module = import_module(match.group('module'))
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "~\.pyenv\pyenv-win\versions\3.11.5\Lib\importlib\__init__.py", line 126, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1204, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1176, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1147, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 690, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 940, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 241, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "~\AppData\Roaming\pypoetry\venv\Lib\site-packages\poetry_plugin_export\plugins.py", line 7, in <module>
    from poetry_plugin_export.command import ExportCommand
  File "~\AppData\Roaming\pypoetry\venv\Lib\site-packages\poetry_plugin_export\command.py", line 12, in <module>
    from poetry_plugin_export.exporter import Exporter
  File "~\AppData\Roaming\pypoetry\venv\Lib\site-packages\poetry_plugin_export\exporter.py", line 11, in <module>
    from poetry.repositories.http_repository import HTTPRepository
  File "~\AppData\Roaming\pypoetry\venv\Lib\site-packages\poetry\repositories\__init__.py", line 4, in <module>
    from poetry.repositories.repository_pool import RepositoryPool
  File "~\AppData\Roaming\pypoetry\venv\Lib\site-packages\poetry\repositories\repository_pool.py", line 15, in <module>
    from poetry.utils.cache import ArtifactCache
  File "~\AppData\Roaming\pypoetry\venv\Lib\site-packages\poetry\utils\cache.py", line 21, in <module>
    from poetry.utils.helpers import get_highest_priority_hash_type
  File "~\AppData\Roaming\pypoetry\venv\Lib\site-packages\poetry\utils\helpers.py", line 23, in <module>
    import requests
  File "~\AppData\Roaming\pypoetry\venv\Lib\site-packages\requests\__init__.py", line 45, in <module>
    from .exceptions import RequestsDependencyWarning
  File "~\AppData\Roaming\pypoetry\venv\Lib\site-packages\requests\exceptions.py", line 9, in <module>
    from .compat import JSONDecodeError as CompatJSONDecodeError
  File "~\AppData\Roaming\pypoetry\venv\Lib\site-packages\requests\compat.py", line 13, in <module>
    import charset_normalizer as chardet
  File "~\AppData\Roaming\pypoetry\venv\Lib\site-packages\charset_normalizer\__init__.py", line 24, in <module>
    from .api import from_bytes, from_fp, from_path, is_binary
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'charset_normalizer.api'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "~\AppData\Roaming\pypoetry\venv\Lib\site-packages\requests\compat.py", line 11, in <module>
    import chardet
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'chardet'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<frozen runpy>", line 198, in _run_module_as_main
  File "<frozen runpy>", line 88, in _run_code
  File "~\AppData\Roaming\pypoetry\venv\Scripts\poetry.exe\__main__.py", line 7, in <module>
  File "~\AppData\Roaming\pypoetry\venv\Lib\site-packages\poetry\console\application.py", line 411, in main
    exit_code: int = Application().run()
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "~\AppData\Roaming\pypoetry\venv\Lib\site-packages\cleo\application.py", line 338, in run
    self.render_error(e, io)
  File "~\AppData\Roaming\pypoetry\venv\Lib\site-packages\poetry\console\application.py", line 180, in render_error
    self.set_solution_provider_repository(self._get_solution_provider_repository())
                                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "~\AppData\Roaming\pypoetry\venv\Lib\site-packages\poetry\console\application.py", line 400, in _get_solution_provider_repository
    from poetry.mixology.solutions.providers.python_requirement_solution_provider import (
  File "~\AppData\Roaming\pypoetry\venv\Lib\site-packages\poetry\mixology\solutions\providers\__init__.py", line 3, in <module>
    from poetry.mixology.solutions.providers.python_requirement_solution_provider import (
  File "~\AppData\Roaming\pypoetry\venv\Lib\site-packages\poetry\mixology\solutions\providers\python_requirement_solution_provider.py", line 9, in <module>
    from poetry.puzzle.exceptions import SolverProblemError
  File "~\AppData\Roaming\pypoetry\venv\Lib\site-packages\poetry\puzzle\__init__.py", line 3, in <module>
    from poetry.puzzle.solver import Solver
  File "~\AppData\Roaming\pypoetry\venv\Lib\site-packages\poetry\puzzle\solver.py", line 16, in <module>
    from poetry.puzzle.provider import Indicator
  File "~\AppData\Roaming\pypoetry\venv\Lib\site-packages\poetry\puzzle\provider.py", line 27, in <module>
    from poetry.packages.direct_origin import DirectOrigin
  File "~\AppData\Roaming\pypoetry\venv\Lib\site-packages\poetry\packages\direct_origin.py", line 10, in <module>
    from poetry.inspection.info import PackageInfo
  File "~\AppData\Roaming\pypoetry\venv\Lib\site-packages\poetry\inspection\info.py", line 26, in <module>
    from poetry.utils.env import EnvCommandError
  File "~\AppData\Roaming\pypoetry\venv\Lib\site-packages\poetry\utils\env\__init__.py", line 9, in <module>
    from poetry.utils.env.base_env import Env
  File "~\AppData\Roaming\pypoetry\venv\Lib\site-packages\poetry\utils\env\base_env.py", line 18, in <module>
    from poetry.utils.env.site_packages import SitePackages
  File "~\AppData\Roaming\pypoetry\venv\Lib\site-packages\poetry\utils\env\site_packages.py", line 11, in <module>
    from poetry.utils.helpers import is_dir_writable
  File "~\AppData\Roaming\pypoetry\venv\Lib\site-packages\poetry\utils\helpers.py", line 23, in <module>
    import requests
  File "~\AppData\Roaming\pypoetry\venv\Lib\site-packages\requests\__init__.py", line 45, in <module>
    from .exceptions import RequestsDependencyWarning
  File "~\AppData\Roaming\pypoetry\venv\Lib\site-packages\requests\exceptions.py", line 9, in <module>
    from .compat import JSONDecodeError as CompatJSONDecodeError
  File "~\AppData\Roaming\pypoetry\venv\Lib\site-packages\requests\compat.py", line 13, in <module>
    import charset_normalizer as chardet
  File "~\AppData\Roaming\pypoetry\venv\Lib\site-packages\charset_normalizer\__init__.py", line 24, in <module>
    from .api import from_bytes, from_fp, from_path, is_binary
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'charset_normalizer.api'

I have tried setting PATH and POETRY_HOME env variables to old folders, but it still doesn't work. the v2 works even with these variables set to old paths.

why doesn't it find those modules?

I also use pyenv-win, is that the problem?

[developer992]

this folder is empty ~\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python311\site-packages

but this one has packages installed ~\AppData\Roaming\pypoetry\venv\Lib\site-packages

[dimbleby]

You have raised this as a docs bug, but what you have done has no basis in the documentation.

Suggest uninstalling everything and trying again, but this time follow the installation instructions in the docs.

[developer992]

i need two versions because of breaking changes in toml file, i have a bunch of projects on older version but wanted to get on with times and upgrade to v2

i guess this was a mistake

[dimbleby]

Please read the documentation

pipx can also install versions of Poetry in parallel ...