# importlib.metadata.PackageNotFoundError: No package metadata was found for jinja2

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/importlib-metadata-packagenotfounderror-no-package-metadata-was-found-for-jinja2/3022>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Tags:** python, ansible, debian\
**Created:** [December 21, 2023, 11:04am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/importlib-metadata-packagenotfounderror-no-package-metadata-was-found-for-jinja2/3022 "2023-12-21T11:04:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![7akim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/7/59ef9b/32.png) [@7akim](https://forum.ansible.com/u/7akim)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2023, 11:04am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/importlib-metadata-packagenotfounderror-no-package-metadata-was-found-for-jinja2/3022/1 "2023-12-21T11:04:40Z")

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After upgrading Debian 11 to Debian 12 (Bookworm), I’m unable to use ansible or even determine any versions. After the upgrade i had to reinstall packages using `apt install python3-%package%`.

Output of `ansible --version` or any other ansible command including running playbooks

```auto
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.11/importlib/metadata/ __init__.py", line 563, in from_name
    return next(cls.discover(name=name))
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
StopIteration

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/ansible", line 5, in <module>
    from ansible.cli.adhoc import main
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/ansible/cli/ __init__.py", line 73, in <module>
    jinja2_version = version('jinja2')
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.11/importlib/metadata/ __init__.py", line 1008, in version
    return distribution(distribution_name).version
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.11/importlib/metadata/ __init__.py", line 981, in distribution
    return Distribution.from_name(distribution_name)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.11/importlib/metadata/ __init__.py", line 565, in from_name
    raise PackageNotFoundError(name)
importlib.metadata.PackageNotFoundError: No package metadata was found for jinja2

```

After triyng to install jinja2 via `apt install python3-jinja2` the out put is always

```auto
ERROR: 'NoneType' object is not callable

```

Does someone have an idea on where this is coming from?

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**Author:** ![chris](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/chris/32/293_2.png) [@chris](https://forum.ansible.com/u/chris)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2023, 11:47am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/importlib-metadata-packagenotfounderror-no-package-metadata-was-found-for-jinja2/3022/2 "2023-12-21T11:47:43Z")

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> [@7akim](#):
>
> `/usr/local/bin/ansible`

My guess would be that you have installed Ansible using `pip` or `pipx` in the past, when running Bullseye and that version was fine with the Bullseye version of Python, now you have upgraded Python it doesn’t work.

I’d suggest checking and deleting the files / symlinks in `/usr/local/bin`, eg:

```bash
ls -lah /usr/local/bin/ans*
rm -rf /usr/local/bin/ans*

```

Then see which version is the default:

```bash
which ansible
ansible --version

```