SublimeLinter-pylint: Cannot get pylint operational

I kind of hate creating an issue for this since I’m quite sure it’s a me problem (I’m new to Python dev), but it seems like that’s the preferred way of asking for help. Anyway, for the life of me, I cannot seem to get this to work. I’ve been working on this for hours now and reading everything I can find, but either nothing is working or I’m just not understanding it well enough to do it right. I’m hoping someone can point me in the right direction. Don’t be afraid to get remedial.

I’m running Sublime Text (build 3065) on OS X. Python 2.7.9 is installed via Homebrew and pylint was installed via pip install pylint. I’m working on a few scripts using Python 2.7 and they all begin with #!/usr/bin/env python.

Relevant Console Output

$ which python
/usr/local/bin/python
$ python --version
Python 2.7.9
$ which pylint
/usr/local/bin/pylint
$ pylint --version
No config file found, using default configuration
pylint 1.4.1,
astroid 1.3.4, common 0.63.2
Python 2.7.6 (default, Sep  9 2014, 15:04:36)
[GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple LLVM 6.0 (clang-600.0.39)]

SublimeLinter Settings (linters > pylint snippet)

 "pylint": {
  "@disable": false,
  "@python": "2.7",
  "args": [],
  "disable": "",
  "enable": "",
  "excludes": [],
  "paths": [],
  "rcfile": "",
  "show-codes": true
}

Sublime Console Output

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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/robwilkerson/Dropbox/Applications/Sublime Text.app/Contents/MacOS/sublime_plugin.py", line 73, in reload_plugin
    m = importlib.import_module(modulename)
  File "./importlib/__init__.py", line 90, in import_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1584, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1565, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1532, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "/Users/robwilkerson/Dropbox/Applications/Sublime Text.app/Contents/MacOS/sublime_plugin.py", line 671, in load_module
    exec(compile(source, source_path, 'exec'), mod.__dict__)
  File "/Users/robwilkerson/Dropbox/Library/application_support/sublimetext3/Packages/Vintage/vintage.py", line 307
    print "invalid motion mode:", mode
                               ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
reloading plugin Vintage.vintage_commands
reloading plugin Vintage.vintage_motions
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/robwilkerson/Dropbox/Applications/Sublime Text.app/Contents/MacOS/sublime_plugin.py", line 73, in reload_plugin
    m = importlib.import_module(modulename)
  File "./importlib/__init__.py", line 90, in import_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1584, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1565, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1532, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "/Users/robwilkerson/Dropbox/Applications/Sublime Text.app/Contents/MacOS/sublime_plugin.py", line 671, in load_module
    exec(compile(source, source_path, 'exec'), mod.__dict__)
  File "/Users/robwilkerson/Dropbox/Library/application_support/sublimetext3/Packages/Vintage/vintage_motions.py", line 3, in <module>
    from vintage import transform_selection
ImportError: No module named 'vintage'
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SublimeLinter: find_python(version='3', script=None, module=None) 
SublimeLinter: find_python: requested version = {'major': 3, 'minor': None} 
SublimeLinter: user shell: /bin/zsh 
SublimeLinter: computed PATH using /bin/zsh:
~/.nvm/v0.10.33/bin/
/usr/local/bin/
/Users/robwilkerson/.nvm/v0.10.33/bin
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SublimeLinter: find_posix_python: python3 => None 
SublimeLinter: find_posix_python: python3 => None 
SublimeLinter: find_posix_python: python => /usr/local/bin/python 
SublimeLinter: find_python: system python = /usr/local/bin/python 
SublimeLinter: find_python: available version = {'major': 2, 'minor': 7} 
SublimeLinter: find_python: <= (None, None, 2, 7) 
SublimeLinter: no python 3 available to augment sys.path 
SublimeLinter: find_python(version=None, script='pylint', module=None) 
SublimeLinter: find_python: default python = /usr/local/bin/python 
SublimeLinter: find_python: available version = {'major': 2, 'minor': 7} 
SublimeLinter: find_python: 'pylint' path = /usr/local/bin/pylint 
SublimeLinter: find_python: <= ('/usr/local/bin/python', '/usr/local/bin/pylint', 2, 7) 
SublimeLinter: pylint version query: /usr/local/bin/python /usr/local/bin/pylint --version 
SublimeLinter: WARNING: no pylint version could be extracted from:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/pylint", line 11, in <module>
    sys.exit(run_pylint())
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pylint/__init__.py", line 22, in run_pylint
    from pylint.lint import Run
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pylint/lint.py", line 43, in <module>
    import astroid
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/astroid/__init__.py", line 54, in <module>
    from astroid.nodes import *
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/astroid/nodes.py", line 40, in <module>
    from astroid.node_classes import Arguments, AssAttr, Assert, Assign, \
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/astroid/node_classes.py", line 23, in <module>
    import six
ImportError: No module named six

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About this issue

Original URL
State: closed
Created 9 years ago
Comments: 15 (5 by maintainers)

Most upvoted comments

Ran into same issue myself having installed python, pip and pylint via Homebrew. As such, the paths to the executables in my python environment were:

python: /usr/local/bin/python -> /usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.12_1/bin/python (symlink)
pylint: /usr/local/bin/pylint
pip: /usr/local/bin/pip -> /usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.12_1/bin/pip (symlink)

Although my PATH and PYTHONPATH settings were correct to prefer the Homebrew python environment paths, there was one problem:

Because the pylint executable shim had a shebang line at the top (#!/usr/local/opt/python/bin/python2.7 which pointed to OSX Python.framework path: /usr/local/opt/python/bin/python2.7 -> /usr/local/opt/python/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python2.7), it was somehow causing a conflict with the runtime environment of pylint and overriding the Homebrew python.

In order to check how the Pylinter Sublime Text Package was starting pylint, I added a couple debug lines into the Pylinter code to check what it was using for python_bin, and pylint_path:

--- Packages/Pylinter/pylinter.py	2017-01-02 18:15:53.000000000 -0700
+++ Packages/Pylinter/pylinter.py	2017-01-02 18:15:58.000000000 -0700
@@ -178,6 +178,8 @@
         try:
             python_bin = cls.get_or('python_bin', 'python')
             pylint_path = cls.get_or('pylint_path', None)
+            speak("python_bin %s" % python_bin)
+            speak("pylint_path %s" % pylint_path)
             if pylint_path is None:
                 _ = subprocess.Popen("pylint",
                                  stdout=subprocess.PIPE,

The error message in Sublime Text console was:

reloading plugin Pylinter.multiconf
reloading plugin Pylinter.pylinter
reloading plugin SublimeLinter.commands
reloading plugin SublimeLinter.sublimelinter
plugins loaded
SublimeLinter: debug mode: off 
SublimeLinter: pylint activated: ('/usr/local/bin/python', '/usr/local/bin/pylint') 
 - PyLinter: python_bin python
 - PyLinter: pylint_path None
 - PyLinter: Pylint executable *not* found
 - PyLinter: Seaching for lint.py module...
error: Pylinter could not automatically determined the path to `lint.py`.

Please provide one in the settings file using the `pylint_path` variable.

NOTE:
If you are using a Virtualenv, the problem might be resolved by launching Sublime Text from correct Virtualenv.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/opt/homebrew-cask/Caskroom/sublime-text3/Build 3083/Sublime Text.app/Contents/MacOS/sublime_plugin.py", line 210, in on_api_ready
    m.plugin_loaded()
  File "/Users/jcuzella/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text 3/Packages/Pylinter/pylinter.py", line 78, in plugin_loaded
    PYLINT_VERSION = PylSet.get_lint_version()
  File "/Users/jcuzella/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text 3/Packages/Pylinter/pylinter.py", line 241, in get_lint_version
    command = list(DEFAULT_PYLINT_COMMAND)
TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not iterable

Solution:

Because I preferred Homebrew for managing my python and pip versions, I edited the shim file and replaced the shebang line at the top with: #!/usr/local/bin/python to force the Homebrew python. Alternatively, it looks like I could have set pylint_path in my Sublime Text settings somewhere, but I could not get this to work (maybe I did not use the correct setting json variable name or type?).

--- /usr/local/bin/pylint	2017-01-02 18:56:16.000000000 -0700
+++ /usr/local/bin/pylint	2017-01-02 18:56:30.000000000 -0700
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/local/opt/python/bin/python2.7
+#!/usr/local/bin/python
 
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 import re

After the fix, I quit and restarted Sublime Text 3, and in the console, it found pylint fine this time without pylint_path set:

reloading plugin PyRefactor.refactor
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SublimeLinter: pylint linter loaded 
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reloading plugin Pylinter.multiconf
reloading plugin Pylinter.pylinter
reloading plugin SublimeLinter.commands
reloading plugin SublimeLinter.sublimelinter
plugins loaded
 - PyLinter: python_bin python
 - PyLinter: pylint_path None
 - PyLinter: Pylint executable found
 - PyLinter: Pylint version (1, 6, 4) found
SublimeLinter: debug mode: off 
SublimeLinter: pylint activated: ('/usr/local/bin/python', '/usr/local/bin/pylint') 
SublimeLinter: ERROR: pylint cannot locate 'pylint@python' 
ApplySyntax: Warning: 'file_name' keyword is deprecated and will be removed in the future.
reloading plugin Pylinter.pylinter
 - PyLinter: python_bin python
 - PyLinter: pylint_path None
 - PyLinter: Pylint executable found
 - PyLinter: Pylint version (1, 6, 4) found

trinitronx on Jan 3, 2017