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What happens if you run `/opt/mountainlab/packages/pyms/basic/basic.mp spec`?

Indeed it looks like a problem with your python installation. Try running `pip3 install --upgrade setuptools` and reinstall numpy using `pip3`. If you have problems with that, post your errors.

You do have `python3-pip` and `python3-setuptools` installed, right? Also, are you using a regular Python installation (`apt install ...`) or do you have some `conda` environment installed?

Conda tends to break the default installation but if you had that issue before then it shouldn't matter. Maybe try setting up a virtualenv and perform the installation there. Something...

venv gives you a clean python setup so you need to install everything. Best to simply repeat MountainSort installation while in the virtual env.

Well, the internet claims `pip install --upgrade pip` and `pip install --upgrade setuptools` should fix your issue (you might need to replace with `pip3`) so you can try that (so...

Please run `df -h` in the terminal and post the output. How large are the input files?

It seems you have no free space on your root partition. Try freeing up some and then process your data again.

PPA has been updated to include packages for 17.10. You might want to try them.

Since this is a reoccurring problem I'll try to upload a set of packages for 17.10 tomorrow until we get some permanent solution.