# Federation node build fails: ImportError: No module named 'apsw' **URL:** \ **Category:** Server\ **Created:** [January 28, 2016, 10:45am UTC](https://forums.counterparty.io/t/federation-node-build-fails-importerror-no-module-named-apsw/1769 "2016-01-28T10:45:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![simon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@simon](https://forums.counterparty.io/u/simon)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 10:45am UTC](https://forums.counterparty.io/t/federation-node-build-fails-importerror-no-module-named-apsw/1769/1 "2016-01-28T10:45:10Z")
Hello Counterparty, Simon from everdreamsoft here. I have tried to install a federation node using [http://counterparty.io/docs/federated\_node/](http://counterparty.io/docs/federated_node/) I am on Ubuntu 14.04 64. Here is the trace. Installing collected packages: counterpartycli, prettytable Running setup.py install for counterpartycli ``` Installing counterparty-client script to /home/xcp/federatednode_build/env/bin Installing counterparty-server script to /home/xcp/federatednode_build/env/bin Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in File "/home/xcp/federatednode_build/env/build/counterpartycli/setup.py", line 126, in setup(**setup_options) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/distutils/core.py", line 148, in setup dist.run_commands() File "/usr/lib/python3.4/distutils/dist.py", line 955, in run_commands self.run_command(cmd) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/distutils/dist.py", line 974, in run_command cmd_obj.run() File "/home/xcp/federatednode_build/env/build/counterpartycli/setup.py", line 34, in run self.run_command('generate_configuration_files') File "/usr/lib/python3.4/distutils/cmd.py", line 313, in run_command self.distribution.run_command(command) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/distutils/dist.py", line 974, in run_command cmd_obj.run() File "/home/xcp/federatednode_build/env/build/counterpartycli/setup.py", line 21, in run generate_config_files() File "/home/xcp/federatednode_build/env/build/counterpartycli/counterpartycli/setup.py", line 142, in generate_config_files from counterpartycli.server import CONFIG_ARGS as SERVER_CONFIG_ARGS File "/home/xcp/federatednode_build/env/build/counterpartycli/counterpartycli/server.py", line 8, in from counterpartylib.lib import log File "/home/xcp/federatednode_build/env/lib/python3.4/site-packages/counterpartylib/lib/log.py", line 16, in from counterpartylib.lib import util File "/home/xcp/federatednode_build/env/lib/python3.4/site-packages/counterpartylib/lib/util.py", line 7, in import apsw ImportError: No module named 'apsw' Complete output from command /home/xcp/federatednode_build/env/bin/python3.4 -c "import setuptools, tokenize; __file__ ='/home/xcp/federatednode_build/env/build/counterpartycli/setup.py';exec(compile(getattr(tokenize, 'open', open)( __file__ ).read().replace('\r\n', '\n'), __file__ , 'exec'))" install --record /tmp/pip-0wqn0a0n-record/install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile --install-headers /home/xcp/federatednode_build/env/include/site/python3.4: running install ``` running build running build\_py creating build creating build/lib creating build/lib/counterpartycli copying counterpartycli/ **init**.py -\> build/lib/counterpartycli copying counterpartycli/messages.py -\> build/lib/counterpartycli copying counterpartycli/console.py -\> build/lib/counterpartycli copying counterpartycli/clientapi.py -\> build/lib/counterpartycli copying counterpartycli/util.py -\> build/lib/counterpartycli copying counterpartycli/server.py -\> build/lib/counterpartycli copying counterpartycli/setup.py -\> build/lib/counterpartycli copying counterpartycli/client.py -\> build/lib/counterpartycli creating build/lib/counterpartycli/wallet copying counterpartycli/wallet/ **init**.py -\> build/lib/counterpartycli/wallet copying counterpartycli/wallet/bitcoincore.py -\> build/lib/counterpartycli/wallet copying counterpartycli/wallet/btcwallet.py -\> build/lib/counterpartycli/wallet running install\_lib creating /home/xcp/federatednode\_build/env/lib/python3.4/site-packages/counterpartycli copying build/lib/counterpartycli/ **init**.py -\> /home/xcp/federatednode\_build/env/lib/python3.4/site-packages/counterpartycli copying build/lib/counterpartycli/messages.py -\> /home/xcp/federatednode\_build/env/lib/python3.4/site-packages/counterpartycli copying build/lib/counterpartycli/console.py -\> /home/xcp/federatednode\_build/env/lib/python3.4/site-packages/counterpartycli copying build/lib/counterpartycli/clientapi.py -\> /home/xcp/federatednode\_build/env/lib/python3.4/site-packages/counterpartycli creating /home/xcp/federatednode\_build/env/lib/python3.4/site-packages/counterpartycli/wallet copying build/lib/counterpartycli/wallet/ **init**.py -\> /home/xcp/federatednode\_build/env/lib/python3.4/site-packages/counterpartycli/wallet copying build/lib/counterpartycli/wallet/bitcoincore.py -\> /home/xcp/federatednode\_build/env/lib/python3.4/site-packages/counterpartycli/wallet copying build/lib/counterpartycli/wallet/btcwallet.py -\> /home/xcp/federatednode\_build/env/lib/python3.4/site-packages/counterpartycli/wallet copying build/lib/counterpartycli/util.py -\> /home/xcp/federatednode\_build/env/lib/python3.4/site-packages/counterpartycli copying build/lib/counterpartycli/server.py -\> /home/xcp/federatednode\_build/env/lib/python3.4/site-packages/counterpartycli copying build/lib/counterpartycli/setup.py -\> /home/xcp/federatednode\_build/env/lib/python3.4/site-packages/counterpartycli copying build/lib/counterpartycli/client.py -\> /home/xcp/federatednode\_build/env/lib/python3.4/site-packages/counterpartycli byte-compiling /home/xcp/federatednode\_build/env/lib/python3.4/site-packages/counterpartycli/ **init**.py to **init**.cpython-34.pyc byte-compiling /home/xcp/federatednode\_build/env/lib/python3.4/site-packages/counterpartycli/messages.py to messages.cpython-34.pyc byte-compiling /home/xcp/federatednode\_build/env/lib/python3.4/site-packages/counterpartycli/console.py to console.cpython-34.pyc byte-compiling /home/xcp/federatednode\_build/env/lib/python3.4/site-packages/counterpartycli/clientapi.py to clientapi.cpython-34.pyc byte-compiling /home/xcp/federatednode\_build/env/lib/python3.4/site-packages/counterpartycli/wallet/ **init**.py to **init**.cpython-34.pyc byte-compiling /home/xcp/federatednode\_build/env/lib/python3.4/site-packages/counterpartycli/wallet/bitcoincore.py to bitcoincore.cpython-34.pyc byte-compiling /home/xcp/federatednode\_build/env/lib/python3.4/site-packages/counterpartycli/wallet/btcwallet.py to btcwallet.cpython-34.pyc byte-compiling /home/xcp/federatednode\_build/env/lib/python3.4/site-packages/counterpartycli/util.py to util.cpython-34.pyc byte-compiling /home/xcp/federatednode\_build/env/lib/python3.4/site-packages/counterpartycli/server.py to server.cpython-34.pyc byte-compiling /home/xcp/federatednode\_build/env/lib/python3.4/site-packages/counterpartycli/setup.py to setup.cpython-34.pyc byte-compiling /home/xcp/federatednode\_build/env/lib/python3.4/site-packages/counterpartycli/client.py to client.cpython-34.pyc running install\_egg\_info running egg\_info creating counterparty\_cli.egg-info writing requirements to counterparty\_cli.egg-info/requires.txt writing top-level names to counterparty\_cli.egg-info/top\_level.txt writing entry points to counterparty\_cli.egg-info/entry\_points.txt writing counterparty\_cli.egg-info/PKG-INFO writing dependency\_links to counterparty\_cli.egg-info/dependency\_links.txt writing manifest file ‘counterparty\_cli.egg-info/SOURCES.txt’ warning: manifest\_maker: standard file ‘-c’ not found reading manifest file ‘counterparty\_cli.egg-info/SOURCES.txt’ writing manifest file ‘counterparty\_cli.egg-info/SOURCES.txt’ Copying counterparty\_cli.egg-info to /home/xcp/federatednode\_build/env/lib/python3.4/site-packages/counterparty\_cli-1.1.1-py3.4.egg-info running install\_scripts Installing counterparty-client script to /home/xcp/federatednode\_build/env/bin Installing counterparty-server script to /home/xcp/federatednode\_build/env/bin writing list of installed files to ‘/tmp/pip-0wqn0a0n-record/install-record.txt’ running generate\_configuration\_files Traceback (most recent call last): File “”, line 1, in File “/home/xcp/federatednode\_build/env/build/counterpartycli/setup.py”, line 126, in ``` setup(**setup_options) ``` File “/usr/lib/python3.4/distutils/core.py”, line 148, in setup ``` dist.run_commands() ``` File “/usr/lib/python3.4/distutils/dist.py”, line 955, in run\_commands ``` self.run_command(cmd) ``` File “/usr/lib/python3.4/distutils/dist.py”, line 974, in run\_command ``` cmd_obj.run() ``` File “/home/xcp/federatednode\_build/env/build/counterpartycli/setup.py”, line 34, in run ``` self.run_command('generate_configuration_files') ``` File “/usr/lib/python3.4/distutils/cmd.py”, line 313, in run\_command ``` self.distribution.run_command(command) ``` File “/usr/lib/python3.4/distutils/dist.py”, line 974, in run\_command ``` cmd_obj.run() ``` File “/home/xcp/federatednode\_build/env/build/counterpartycli/setup.py”, line 21, in run ``` generate_config_files() ``` File “/home/xcp/federatednode\_build/env/build/counterpartycli/counterpartycli/setup.py”, line 142, in generate\_config\_files ``` from counterpartycli.server import CONFIG_ARGS as SERVER_CONFIG_ARGS ``` File “/home/xcp/federatednode\_build/env/build/counterpartycli/counterpartycli/server.py”, line 8, in ``` from counterpartylib.lib import log ``` File “/home/xcp/federatednode\_build/env/lib/python3.4/site-packages/counterpartylib/lib/log.py”, line 16, in ``` from counterpartylib.lib import util ``` File “/home/xcp/federatednode\_build/env/lib/python3.4/site-packages/counterpartylib/lib/util.py”, line 7, in ``` import apsw ``` ImportError: No module named ‘apsw’ * * * Cleaning up… Command /home/xcp/federatednode\_build/env/bin/python3.4 -c “import setuptools, tokenize; **file** =’/home/xcp/federatednode\_build/env/build/counterpartycli/setup.py’;exec(compile(getattr(tokenize, ‘open’, open)( **file** ).read().replace(’\r\n’, ‘\n’), **file** , ‘exec’))” install --record /tmp/pip-0wqn0a0n-record/install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile --install-headers /home/xcp/federatednode\_build/env/include/site/python3.4 failed with error code 1 in /home/xcp/federatednode\_build/env/build/counterpartycli Storing debug log for failure in /home/xcp/.pip/pip.log What am I doing wrong ?