# Python version for curator
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/python-version-for-curator/18658
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [July 14, 2014, 7:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/python-version-for-curator/18658 "2014-07-14T19:00:27Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@brian\_yoder](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/brian_yoder)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2014, 7:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/python-version-for-curator/18658/1 "2014-07-14T19:00:27Z")
A quick question: Is Python 2 acceptable for use with curator, or is Python
3 required?
Thanks!
Brian
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### Author:  [@brian\_yoder](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/brian_yoder)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2014, 7:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/python-version-for-curator/18658/2 "2014-07-14T19:30:27Z")
To continue, I installed curator on a Python 2.6.6 system thusly:
pip install elasticsearch-curator
And Elasticsearch 1.2.1 is installed on the same server. But when running
curator --help, I see:
_$ curator --help_
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/curator", line 5, in
from pkg\_resources import load\_entry\_point
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pkg\_resources.py", line 2655, in
working\_set.require( **requires** )
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pkg\_resources.py", line 648, in
require
needed = self.resolve(parse\_requirements(requirements))
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pkg\_resources.py", line 546, in
resolve
raise DistributionNotFound(req)
pkg\_resources.DistributionNotFound: elasticsearch\>=1.0.0,\<2.0.0
This was per the information found at:
> **[GitHub - elastic/curator: Curator: Tending your Elasticsearch indices](https://github.com/elastic/curator)**
>
> Curator: Tending your Elasticsearch indices. Contribute to elastic/curator development by creating an account on GitHub.
I'm not a Python dev (yet, anyway) but I don't believe I left anything out
that was explicitly mentioned on the curator github page.
Brian
On Monday, July 14, 2014 3:00:27 PM UTC-4, Brian wrote:
> A quick question: Is Python 2 acceptable for use with curator, or is
> Python 3 required?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Brian
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### Author:  [@Maciej\_Dziardziel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Maciej_Dziardziel)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2014, 4:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/python-version-for-curator/18658/3 "2014-07-15T16:33:31Z")
pip install elasticsearch
should solve the problem, though it is listed in dependencies, so it should
just work from the beginning.
elasticsearch is listing python 2 and 3, curator doesn't list any, but I
don't see anything version-specific in its code, so should work with any
verions.
I've tested it with python3.
On Monday, July 14, 2014 8:30:27 PM UTC+1, Brian wrote:
> To continue, I installed curator on a Python 2.6.6 system thusly:
>
> pip install elasticsearch-curator
>
> And Elasticsearch 1.2.1 is installed on the same server. But when running
> curator --help, I see:
>
> _$ curator --help_
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "/usr/bin/curator", line 5, in
> from pkg\_resources import load\_entry\_point
> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pkg\_resources.py", line 2655, in
>
> working\_set.require( **requires** )
> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pkg\_resources.py", line 648, in
> require
> needed = self.resolve(parse\_requirements(requirements))
> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pkg\_resources.py", line 546, in
> resolve
> raise DistributionNotFound(req)
> pkg\_resources.DistributionNotFound: elasticsearch\>=1.0.0,\<2.0.0
>
> This was per the information found at:
> [GitHub - elastic/curator: Curator: Tending your Elasticsearch indices](https://github.com/elasticsearch/curator)
>
> I'm not a Python dev (yet, anyway) but I don't believe I left anything out
> that was explicitly mentioned on the curator github page.
>
> Brian
>
> On Monday, July 14, 2014 3:00:27 PM UTC-4, Brian wrote:
>
> > A quick question: Is Python 2 acceptable for use with curator, or is
> > Python 3 required?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Brian
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### Author:  [@brian\_yoder](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/brian_yoder)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2014, 9:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/python-version-for-curator/18658/4 "2014-07-16T21:22:25Z")
No joy:
$ _pip install elasticsearch_
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): elasticsearch in
/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages
Cleaning up...
$ _curator --help_
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/curator", line 5, in
from pkg\_resources import load\_entry\_point
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pkg\_resources.py", line 2655, in
working\_set.require( **requires** )
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pkg\_resources.py", line 648, in
require
needed = self.resolve(parse\_requirements(requirements))
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pkg\_resources.py", line 546, in
resolve
raise DistributionNotFound(req)
pkg\_resources.DistributionNotFound: elasticsearch\>=1.0.0,\<2.0.0
$ _uname -a_
Linux elktest 2.6.32-431.17.1.el6.x86\_64 #1 SMP Wed May 7 23:32:49 UTC 2014
x86\_64 x86\_64 x86\_64 GNU/Linux
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### Author:  [@Honza\_Kral](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Honza_Kral)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2014, 5:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/python-version-for-curator/18658/5 "2014-07-18T05:59:33Z")
Hi Brian,
you seem to have hit an issue we have had with curator, there are some
solutions and workarounds on the github issue:
>
>
> I install curator by sudo pip install elasticsearch-curator in aws ec2 instance,… after installation complete, I call command "curator --help", and got error below:
>
> anything wrong with my setting?
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "/usr/bin/curator", line 5, in \
> from pkg\_resources import load\_entry\_point
> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pkg\_resources.py", line 2655, in \
> working\_set.require(\*\*requires\*\*)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pkg\_resources.py", line 648, in require
> needed = self.resolve(parse\_requirements(requirements))
> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pkg\_resources.py", line 546, in resolve
> raise DistributionNotFound(req)
> pkg\_resources.DistributionNotFound: elasticsearch\>=1.0.0,\<2.0.0
hope this helps,
Honza
On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 6:22 AM, Brian [brian.from.fl@gmail.com](mailto:brian.from.fl@gmail.com) wrote:
> No joy:
>
> $ pip install elasticsearch
> Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): elasticsearch in
> /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages
> Cleaning up...
>
> $ curator --help
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "/usr/bin/curator", line 5, in
> from pkg\_resources import load\_entry\_point
> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pkg\_resources.py", line 2655, in
>
> working\_set.require( **requires** )
> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pkg\_resources.py", line 648, in
> require
> needed = self.resolve(parse\_requirements(requirements))
> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pkg\_resources.py", line 546, in
> resolve
> raise DistributionNotFound(req)
> pkg\_resources.DistributionNotFound: elasticsearch\>=1.0.0,\<2.0.0
>
> $ uname -a
> Linux elktest 2.6.32-431.17.1.el6.x86\_64 #1 SMP Wed May 7 23:32:49 UTC 2014
> x86\_64 x86\_64 x86\_64 GNU/Linux
>
> Brian
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### Author:  [@brian\_yoder](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/brian_yoder)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2014, 7:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/python-version-for-curator/18658/6 "2014-08-04T19:21:29Z")
An update: I have installed curator 1.2.2 by downloading the zip archive,
unpacking it, and then installing it directly:
$ cd curator-1.2.2
$ sudo python setup.py install
Not sure if it's the fix since the previous version of curator, or else the
pip-less install. But either way, it's working fine just as expected. And
it works superbly!
Brian
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 1:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/python-version-for-curator/18658/7 "2017-07-06T01:10:52Z")