ImportError: dynamic module does not define module export function (PyInit__tf2)

asked 2019-06-19 01:52:50 -0600

joonhyup
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updated 2019-06-19 01:59:50 -0600

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When I tried to do tutorial of tf, I got an error as follw. And same error is occurred when I tried to do the tutorial of tf2.

How can I fix the problem? Thanks

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/bjh/catkin_ws/src/learning_tf2/nodes/static_turtle_tf2_broadcaster.py", line 8, in <module>
    import tf
  File "/home/bjh/catkin_ws/devel/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/tf/__init__.py", line 35, in <module>
    exec(__fh.read())
  File "<string>", line 30, in <module>
  File "/home/bjh/catkin_ws/devel/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/tf2_ros/__init__.py", line 35, in <module>
    exec(__fh.read())
  File "<string>", line 38, in <module>
  File "/home/bjh/catkin_ws/devel/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/tf2_py/__init__.py", line 35, in <module>
    exec(__fh.read())
  File "<string>", line 38, in <module>
ImportError: dynamic module does not define module export function (PyInit__tf2)

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answered 2019-06-19 15:52:14 -0600

r7vme

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Issue is because tf2_ros was compiled for python2. Detailed discussion here.

To recompile for python3 (melodic):

Install some prerequisites to use Python3 with ROS.

sudo apt update
sudo apt install python3-catkin-pkg-modules python3-rospkg-modules python3-empy

Prepare catkin workspace

mkdir -p ~/catkin_ws/src; cd ~/catkin_ws
catkin_make
source devel/setup.bash
wstool init
wstool set -y src/geometry2 --git https://github.com/ros/geometry2 -v 0.6.5
wstool up
rosdep install --from-paths src --ignore-src -y -r

Finally compile for Python 3

catkin_make --cmake-args \
            -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
            -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=/usr/bin/python3 \
            -DPYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR=/usr/include/python3.6m \
            -DPYTHON_LIBRARY=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpython3.6m.so

Do not forget to always source your workspace!

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I am very appreciate for your help! It is done!

joonhyup ( 2019-06-20 18:15:30 -0600 )edit

Good to hear! @joonhyup can you please accept answer if it helped?

r7vme ( 2019-06-20 21:18:42 -0600 )edit

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If your platform is not x86_64, don't forget to change to -DPYTHON_LIBRARY=/usr/lib/YOUR_ARCH_NAME-linux-gnu/libpython3.6m.so

Carls ( 2020-03-26 04:32:06 -0600 )edit

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Also, I've got to install numpy by sudo apt-get install python3-numpy

Carls ( 2020-03-26 04:48:27 -0600 )edit

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Hi. I just resolved the PyInit_tf2 error and now I am facing the PyInit_PyKDL error. I tried to do the same way for resolving PyInit_tf2 but it fails when executing wstool up. I would like to know is there any way to resolve the PyInit_PyKDL? Thanks.

DJ ( 2020-04-26 21:04:53 -0600 )edit

how about if we're using catkin build

azerila ( 2020-05-20 15:41:00 -0600 )edit

libpython3.6m.so does not exist ... it works despite of it

jester ( 2020-07-30 08:07:47 -0600 )edit

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@azerila, catkin build --cmake-args \ -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \ -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=/usr/bin/python3 \ -DPYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR=/usr/include/python3.6m \ -DPYTHON_LIBRARY=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpython3.6m.so

dendrarij ( 2020-08-04 07:32:42 -0600 )edit

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answered 2021-07-06 13:04:36 -0600

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errors like these are also caused by python version problems. so change the first line of the script from #! /usr/bin/env python to #! /usr/bin/env python2.7 worked for me

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This worked perfectly. The issue was that by default my python version was python 3.8.10, but ROS melodic requires python 2.7.

Using "which python" in the terminal showed me this.

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answered 2022-04-20 03:47:27 -0600

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@r7vme I followed your instrction and have geometry2 in my workspace but I dont know how to get my system to actually use the tf2 from this new geometry 2. In my codes do I uses #!/usr/bin/env python3 or do I change 3 to 2.7? I'm confused please help.

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answered 2022-03-12 07:39:11 -0600

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What you need to do is to make sure that you have the write PATH & PYTHONPATH by exporting the right paths

export PATH="/root/anaconda3/bin:$PATH"

export PYTHONPATH="/root/anaconda3/envs/venv/bin/python3.6"

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answered 2021-07-12 08:43:45 -0600

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updated 2021-07-12 08:53:55 -0600

In this approach, it is assumed that you use catkin_make. You will first need to verify your python3 version (run python3 --version), its installation path as well as your catkin workspace path and modify the following commands if needed. What follows holds for python3.6 on Ubuntu 18.04 (aarch64).

Navigate to your catkin_ws root directory:

cd /home/$USER/catkin_ws

Rebuild geometry with python3 (if you have installed it already):

catkin_make -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE:FILEPATH=/usr/bin/python3 -DPYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR=/usr/include/python3.6m -DPYTHON_LIBRARY=/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libpython3.6m.so --only-pkg-with-deps geometry

And rebuild geometry2:

catkin_make -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE:FILEPATH=/usr/bin/python3 -DPYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR=/usr/include/python3.6m -DPYTHON_LIBRARY=/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libpython3.6m.so --only-pkg-with-deps geometry2

You will only need to rebuild tf2_py to address issues with PyInit__tf2. You can either rebuild the whole geometry2 package as mentioned above or just rebuild tf2_py with python3. In my case, I have already both geometry and geometry2 on my ROS, so I rebuilt both.

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