[SOLVED] - AttributeError: module 'collections' has no attribute 'MutableMapping' - DroneKit-Python

I’ve recently updated the base version of Python in my device from 3.9 to 3.10 version. After updating the base version, I started installing all the required python packages for my workflow. Likewise, I installed dronekit using pip, as mentioned in the linked article.

Also, after installing the dronekit, I’ve verified the installation using the following pip command on the terminal:

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$ pip show dronekit

The output of the above command is:

Verification of DroneKit-Python Installation

But, when I tried to import the dronekit package on python, I’ve encountered the following AttributeError.

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$ python
Python 3.10.1 (main, Dec 18 2021, 23:53:45) [GCC 11.1.0] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import dronekit
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/dronekit/__init__.py", line 2689, in <module>
    class Parameters(collections.MutableMapping, HasObservers):
AttributeError: module 'collections' has no attribute 'MutableMapping'
>>> 

How to resolve this issue?

This issue can be easily fixed by updating the __init.py__ file present in the dronekit base directory. The from collections import MutableMapping needs to be updated as from collections.abc import MutableMapping, making the package compatible with Python 3.10.

Since dronekit has active community support, this issue was already identified and merged into the main branch of the dronekit-python GitHub repository.

Correct import of MutableMapping for Python 3.10 - Pull Request [Merged]

This change was merged recently on December 2021 in the main repository, and the last updated version in PyPI is dronekit 2.9.2, dated 18 March 2019.

Dronekit - PyPI

Note

The Python Package Index (PyPI) is a repository of software for the Python programming language. If you use the pip command to install any python packages, pip retrieves packages from PyPI and install them.

Since I’ve installed dronekit on my device using the following command on the terminal, the AttributeError occurred on my device. The reason for the error is that the recent merge is not included in PyPI.

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$ sudo pip install dronekit

Instead of installing the dronekit via pip, installing directly from the source will avoid this issue! ✨

Installing DroneKit - Directly from the Source

Removing DroneKit - Installed via pip

Firstly, remove the previously installed dronekit package because that was installed using pip. Execute the following command on your terminal to remove dronekit from your device:

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$ sudo pip uninstall dronekit

Removing Dronekit - Installed via pip

Note

You can verify the status of the removal of dronekit by executing the following command on your terminal:

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Cloning DroneKit

After the successful removal of the dronekit, you can directly download (clone) the dronekit GitHub repository to your device by executing the following git command on your terminal:

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$ git clone https://github.com/dronekit/dronekit-python

Note

If git is not already installed on your device means, execute the following command on your terminal to install git:

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Installing DroneKit

After cloning the dronekit repository, open the terminal from that folder and execute the following command on that terminal to directly install dronekit from the source:

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$ sudo python setup.py install

Verifying Installation

Now, you can verify the installation by directly importing the dronekit package on the python environment. For opening python environment on your device, execute the following command on your device:

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$ python

In python environment, try executing the following command to import the dronekit:

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import dronekit

The following image is the output for the execution of the above command:

DroneKit - Python 3.10

Tada, you’ve successfully installed DroneKit-Python on Python 3.10!!! ✨

Conclusion

In this article, I’ve tried to explain how to resolve AttributeError while importing dronekit on python version 3.10. I’m expectantly waiting for your valuable feedback and suggestions regarding this topic.

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