module 'sabctools' has no attribute 'NNTPResponse'

[Janneman7]

Hi,

I ran into some errors and decided to remove and reinstall sabnzbd+ (on Ubuntu). Now , when starting, I get :

AttributeError: module 'sabctools' has no attribute 'NNTPResponse'


When I open python in a cmd box and import sabctools, I get the same for __version__

Any thoughts?

Thanks..

[sander]

update your sabctools to current version 9.1.0

And I guess you're running from source, Janneman? See https://github.com/sabnzbd/sabnzbd/#:~: ... %2Dm%20pip

[sander]

OR: much easier ... use the PPA. It will care of dependencies

See https://sabnzbd.org/wiki/installation/i ... buntu-repo

[Janneman7]

Yes, I am using PPA .

apt list --installed |grep sab

python3-sabctools/noble,now 9.1.0-0ubuntu1~jcfp1~24.04 amd64 [installed]
sabnzbdplus/noble,noble,now 4.6.0~alpha2-0ubuntu1~jcfp1~24.04 all [installed]

[Janneman7]

PS.

I found a suggstion that ' module x has no attribute' was down to module x being too big to be imported , see : " How to Resolve Module Has No Attribute - Python Error Messages" by Analyst Rising om Youtube.

[sander]

Same here.

So do the below and post output

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sander@zwarte:~$ apt list --installed |grep sab

WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in scripts.

lto-disabled-list/noble,now 47 all [installed,automatic]
python3-sabctools/noble,now 9.1.0-0ubuntu1~jcfp1~24.04 amd64 [installed,automatic]
sabnzbdplus/noble,now 4.6.0~alpha2-0ubuntu1~jcfp1~24.04 all [installed]
sander@zwarte:~$ 


sander@zwarte:~$ python3
Python 3.12.3 (main, Nov  6 2025, 13:44:16) [GCC 13.3.0] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import sabctools
>>> sabctools.__version__
'9.1.0'
>>>

[Janneman7]

mmmm strange enough its says 8.2.5...

[Janneman7]

pip3 list says :

sabctools 8.2.5
sabctools 8.2.5

Yes. Listed twice

[sander]

Yes, so, that means you installed sabctools both via pip and apt. Not good.

If you use the PPA, remove the pip versions.

[Janneman7]

Thanks. Have to find out how, since pip3 uninstall does not work...

[Janneman7]

Took a risk by using pip3 uninstall --break-packages and everything seems to be working. Thanks again.

[sander]

Good!

Mixing pip and apt is horror.

Therefore current Ubuntu does not allow global installations of pip modules: you must install them in a venv. A bit of a learning curve, but then it's better.