# Cloned Ansible from github, now I have 'module' object has no attribute 'COLOER\_ERROR' **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [March 1, 2016, 9:32pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cloned-ansible-from-github-now-i-have-module-object-has-no-attribute-coloer-error/20736 "2016-03-01T21:32:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jdelaporte](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/jdelaporte/32/366_2.png) [@jdelaporte](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jdelaporte)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 9:32pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cloned-ansible-from-github-now-i-have-module-object-has-no-attribute-coloer-error/20736/1 "2016-03-01T21:32:58Z")
When running ad-hoc ansible commands, I get the following error: $ ansible slackware-lab-64 -m setup [WARNING]: Error when using \\>: ‘module’ object has no attribute ‘COLOR\_ERROR’ I am also getting the ssh\_split error whenever I try to run a playbook, so my Ansible is completely broken right now. ---
**Author:** ![jdelaporte](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/jdelaporte/32/366_2.png) [@jdelaporte](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jdelaporte)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 9:54pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cloned-ansible-from-github-now-i-have-module-object-has-no-attribute-coloer-error/20736/2 "2016-03-01T21:54:51Z")
Fixed the typo in the subject. The ad-hoc commands are failing instantly after this error. ---
**Author:** ![Arthur\_Reyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/90ced4/32.png) [@Arthur\_Reyes](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Arthur_Reyes)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 10:08pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cloned-ansible-from-github-now-i-have-module-object-has-no-attribute-coloer-error/20736/3 "2016-03-01T22:08:14Z")
I noticed that this module isn’t importing this module: from ansible.utils.color import colorize, hostcolor ---
**Author:** ![Arthur\_Reyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/90ced4/32.png) [@Arthur\_Reyes](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Arthur_Reyes)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 10:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cloned-ansible-from-github-now-i-have-module-object-has-no-attribute-coloer-error/20736/4 "2016-03-01T22:10:25Z")
To be clear, in /ansible/lib/ansible/plugins/callback/minimal, there is no import of ansible.utils.color: # Make coding more python3-ish from **future** import (absolute\_import, division, print\_function) **metaclass** = type from ansible.plugins.callback import CallbackBase from ansible import constants as C class CallbackModule(CallbackBase): ---
**Author:** ![sivel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/sivel/32/1198_2.png) [@sivel](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sivel)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 10:13pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cloned-ansible-from-github-now-i-have-module-object-has-no-attribute-coloer-error/20736/5 "2016-03-01T22:13:40Z")
Based on this email and your other email about the ssh error, it looks like you are running a mismatched partially updated version of ansible. I might recommend completely uninstalling and reinstalling ansible. ---
**Author:** ![jdelaporte](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/jdelaporte/32/366_2.png) [@jdelaporte](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jdelaporte)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 10:14pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cloned-ansible-from-github-now-i-have-module-object-has-no-attribute-coloer-error/20736/6 "2016-03-01T22:14:03Z")
That sounds like a bug, then. Do you know where to report it? ---
**Author:** ![Arthur\_Reyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/90ced4/32.png) [@Arthur\_Reyes](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Arthur_Reyes)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 10:21pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cloned-ansible-from-github-now-i-have-module-object-has-no-attribute-coloer-error/20736/7 "2016-03-01T22:21:49Z")
I would see if adding the allege missing line fixes the problem before reporting it as bug. I don’t know if I have the most current build, but that line is missing from my last pull: $ ansible --version ansible 2.1.0 (devel fb797a9e77) last updated 2016/01/22 14:23:55 (GMT -500) ---
**Author:** ![sivel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/sivel/32/1198_2.png) [@sivel](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sivel)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 10:28pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cloned-ansible-from-github-now-i-have-module-object-has-no-attribute-coloer-error/20736/8 "2016-03-01T22:28:04Z")
In the minimal.py callback the reference is to C.COLOR\_ERROR. C comes from the ‘from ansible import constants as C’ I can see `COLOR_ERROR` in constants.py. If this error is happening, it would appear that the code is out of sync. [https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/d3deb24ead59d5fdbecad3c946848537f95772ad/lib/ansible/constants.py#L274](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/d3deb24ead59d5fdbecad3c946848537f95772ad/lib/ansible/constants.py#L274) [https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/d3deb24ead59d5fdbecad3c946848537f95772ad/lib/ansible/plugins/callback/minimal.py#L56](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/d3deb24ead59d5fdbecad3c946848537f95772ad/lib/ansible/plugins/callback/minimal.py#L56) These changes were implemented on Dec 29. ---
**Author:** ![jdelaporte](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/jdelaporte/32/366_2.png) [@jdelaporte](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jdelaporte)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 10:34pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cloned-ansible-from-github-now-i-have-module-object-has-no-attribute-coloer-error/20736/9 "2016-03-01T22:34:34Z")
Hi Matt, I did the following: rm -rf ansible/ git clone git://github.com/ansible/ansible.git --recursive cd ansible/ source hacking/env-setup I did it again just now. I still get the same attribute ‘COLOR\_ERROR’ when attempting ad-hoc commands and attribute split\_ssh\_args error when running playbooks. What am I missing? Thanks a ton for your input! I appreciate it. Joanna ---
**Author:** ![sivel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/sivel/32/1198_2.png) [@sivel](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sivel)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 10:39pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cloned-ansible-from-github-now-i-have-module-object-has-no-attribute-coloer-error/20736/10 "2016-03-01T22:39:01Z")
Do you have ansible installed anywhere else on that system? What do you get when you run: python -c “import sys; print sys.path” You should see what is in your PYTHONPATH from using env-setup at the front after ‘’. If not, then something could be inserting additional paths for python to search, and you could be grabbing files from incorrect locations. ---
**Author:** ![jdelaporte](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/jdelaporte/32/366_2.png) [@jdelaporte](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jdelaporte)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 10:39pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cloned-ansible-from-github-now-i-have-module-object-has-no-attribute-coloer-error/20736/11 "2016-03-01T22:39:20Z")
Hi Arthur, When I run ansible --version, I get this: $ ansible --version ansible 2.1.0 config file = /home/ansible-user/parkland/config/ansible.cfg configured module search path = Default w/o overrides ---
**Author:** ![jdelaporte](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/jdelaporte/32/366_2.png) [@jdelaporte](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jdelaporte)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 10:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cloned-ansible-from-github-now-i-have-module-object-has-no-attribute-coloer-error/20736/12 "2016-03-01T22:46:13Z")
It appears that I do have another installation as well. Grr. I’ll ask pip to uninstall for me. $ python -c “import sys; print sys.path” [‘’, ‘/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible-2.1.0-py2.7.egg’, ‘/home/ansible/ansible/lib’, ‘/home/ansible/parkland’, ‘/usr/lib64/python27.zip’, ‘/usr/lib64/python2.7’, ‘/usr/lib64/python2.7/plat-linux2’, ‘/usr/lib64/python2.7/lib-tk’, ‘/usr/lib64/python2.7/lib-old’, ‘/usr/lib64/python2.7/lib-dynload’, ‘/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages’, ‘/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/gtk-2.0’, ‘/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages’, ‘/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages’] ---
**Author:** ![jdelaporte](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/jdelaporte/32/366_2.png) [@jdelaporte](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jdelaporte)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 10:49pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cloned-ansible-from-github-now-i-have-module-object-has-no-attribute-coloer-error/20736/13 "2016-03-01T22:49:38Z")
Matt, I owe you a drink. sudo pip uninstall ansible removed the extra ansible installation. Now ansible functions again from the git clone. Thanks! Joanna ---
**Author:** ![Brian\_Coca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Brian\_Coca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Coca)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cloned-ansible-from-github-now-i-have-module-object-has-no-attribute-coloer-error/20736/14 "2016-03-02T14:21:25Z")
run ‘make clean’ on the github repo, it seems you are mixing old files with the new code. You’ll need to run . hacking/env-setup again. ---
**Author:** ![jdelaporte](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/jdelaporte/32/366_2.png) [@jdelaporte](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jdelaporte)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 3:17pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cloned-ansible-from-github-now-i-have-module-object-has-no-attribute-coloer-error/20736/15 "2016-03-02T15:17:07Z")
Hi Brian, Thanks! It turns out I had a system installation still hanging around in addition to the github clone. So, I pip uninstalled to remove the system installation of Ansible and now everything works again.