Unable to import RRDtool in Python

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I am trying to import RRDtool into Python as I want to access an RRD database using Python, but when I am trying to import rrdtool I am getting the following error.

Python 2.6.5 (r265:79063, Apr 16 2010, 13:57:41)
[GCC 4.4.3] on linux2
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>>> import sys
>>> sys.path.append('/opt/rrdtool-1.4.5/bin')
>>> import rrdtool
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: No module named rrdtool

My RRDtool is located in /opt/rrdtool-1.4.5/bin.

Peter Mortensen · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-10 10:14:14Z

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Well, the problem is solved just by executing the following command.

sudo apt-get install python-rrd

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Jeff · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-26 20:27:30Z

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You probably need py-rrdtool, which you could get directly from the site or your package manager.

answered Feb 26, 2011 at 20:27

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Hunt Over a year ago

i have created a directory under /opt/rrdtool-1.4.5/lib/ and name of the dir is python2.6/ and inside that i have these files init.py Makefile MANIFEST.in README.txt setup.py and now i have set the path as sys.path.append('/opt/rrdtool-1.4.5/lib/python2.6/') but still getting the same error

Peter Mortensen · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-10 10:13:08Z

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It is unlikely that Python modules are located inside a 'bin' folder. And importing files from some configured path requires that the referred path is a proper Python package. It means it must contain an __init__.py file.

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Hunt Over a year ago

so what exactly i should do ?

Peter Mortensen · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-10 10:13:38Z

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You could use the RRDtool documentation for inspiration (man rrdpyton). Something along the lines of

import sys
sys.path.append('/path/to/rrdtool/lib/python2.6/site-packages/')
import rrdtool

should do the trick.

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answered Feb 27, 2011 at 23:37

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