Error occurs during installation of Robot Framework with Python on Windows 7
path, python-3.x, robotframework, windows-7
Solution
Robot Framework doesn't support Python 3 yet. You should try to use Python 2.7 instead. (Python 3 changes lots of things in the language syntax, including the syntax for catching exceptions shown in this traceback). So, follow the following installation steps:
- Install Python2.7.3
- Install robotframework2.7.7
- set PATH as "C:\Python27\;C:\Python27\Scripts\"
- Verify the installation by using the command "pybot --version" at command prompt. If everything is OK, the following message will be displayed: "Robot Framework 2.7.7 (Python 2.7.3 on win32)"
Problem
I have installed "python-3.3.0.msi" successfully and set up PATH as "C:\Python33;" on Windows 7. After that I tried to install Robot Framework by using "robotframework-2.7.7.win32.exe" (double click on the .exe file). At the last step of installation I found the following error: ``` File "<string>", line 35 except Exception, err: ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax ``` I clicked on "Finish" button --> Installation wizard was disappeared. I set the PATH as "C:\Python33\Scripts". Then I checked the version by using the command "pybot --version" at command prompt. Below error was shown: ``` Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Python33\lib\runpy.py", line 140, in _run_module_as_main mod_name, loader, code, fname = _get_module_details(mod_name) File "C:\Python33\lib\runpy.py", line 102, in _get_module_details loader = get_loader(mod_name) File "C:\Python33\lib\pkgutil.py", line 482, in get_loader return find_loader(fullname) File "C:\Python33\lib\pkgutil.py", line 499, in find_loader pkg = importlib.import_module(pkg_name) File "C:\Python33\lib\importlib\__init__.py", line 88, in import_module return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level) File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1577, in _gcd_import File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1558, in _find_and_load File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1525, in _find_and_load_unlocked File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 586, in _check_name_wrapper File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1023, in load_module File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1004, in load_module File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 562, in module_for_loader_wrapper File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 869, in _load_module File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 313, in _call_with_frames_removed File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\robot\__init__.py", line 22, in <module> from robot.rebot import rebot, rebot_cli File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\robot\rebot.py", line 268, in <module> from robot.conf import RebotSettings File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\robot\conf\__init__.py", line 17, in <mo from .settings import RobotSettings, RebotSettings File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\robot\conf\settings.py", line 172 except EnvironmentError, err: ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax ``` How can I solve the above error?