dbt-invoke fails to load - "No module named 'dbt'" on python 3.8.19

[extrobe]

A couple of us have been trying to try out dbt-invoke. Install works fine, but dbt-invoke --help returns the error ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'dbt'

This is on Python versions 3.9.5 and 3.8.19, and dbt version 0.19.1

Full error message

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/dbt-invoke", line 5, in <module>
    from dbt_invoke.main import program
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/dbt_invoke/main.py", line 3, in <module>
    from dbt_invoke import properties
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/dbt_invoke/properties.py", line 8, in <module>
    from dbt_invoke.internal import _utils
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/dbt_invoke/internal/_utils.py", line 8, in <module>
    from dbt.task.base import get_nearest_project_dir
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'dbt'

[robastel]

My apologies for missing this comment earlier @extrobe. I think my notification settings were messed up. Thank you for trying out dbt-invoke and for reporting this issue!

I tested on Python 3.9.5 and dbt 0.19.1. My output looks good (included below).

Is it possible that dbt and dbt-invoke packages were installed into different locations?

Can you try to run pip freeze to confirm that you see both packages?

You can also try pip show dbt-invoke and pip show dbt to check that the Locations match.

> python --version
Python 3.9.5

> dbt --version
installed version: 0.19.1
   latest version: 0.19.1

Up to date!

Plugins:

> dbt-invoke --help
Usage: dbt-invoke [--core-opts] <subcommand> [--subcommand-opts] ...

Core options:

  --complete                         Print tab-completion candidates for given parse remainder.
  --hide=STRING                      Set default value of run()'s 'hide' kwarg.
  --print-completion-script=STRING   Print the tab-completion script for your preferred shell (bash|zsh|fish).
  --prompt-for-sudo-password         Prompt user at start of session for the sudo.password config value.
  --write-pyc                        Enable creation of .pyc files.
  -d, --debug                        Enable debug output.
  -D INT, --list-depth=INT           When listing tasks, only show the first INT levels.
  -e, --echo                         Echo executed commands before running.
  -f STRING, --config=STRING         Runtime configuration file to use.
  -F STRING, --list-format=STRING    Change the display format used when listing tasks. Should be one of: flat (default), nested, json.
  -h [STRING], --help[=STRING]       Show core or per-task help and exit.
  -l [STRING], --list[=STRING]       List available tasks, optionally limited to a namespace.
  -p, --pty                          Use a pty when executing shell commands.
  -R, --dry                          Echo commands instead of running.
  -T INT, --command-timeout=INT      Specify a global command execution timeout, in seconds.
  -V, --version                      Show version and exit.
  -w, --warn-only                    Warn, instead of failing, when shell commands fail.

Subcommands:

  properties.delete                Delete property file(s) for the specified set of resources
  properties.echo-macro            Print out the configured macro for the user to
  properties.update (properties)   Update property file(s) for the specified set of resources

[robastel]

I am closing this issue for now due to inactivity, but feel free to comment so that we can dig in further if the troubleshooting suggestions did not help.

[moltar]

Most likely happens because on macOS the recommended way is to install using Homebrew.

Which installs it's own Python into:

/usr/local/Cellar/dbt/${DBT_VERSION}/libexec/bin/

Is there a way to tell dbt-invoke to look for dbt at a different location?

[moltar]

FYI can install next to dbt the following way:

/usr/local/Cellar/dbt/0.20.1_1/libexec/bin/pip install dbt-invoke