Restoring backup UnboundLocalError

UnboundLocalError: local variable ‘installing’ referenced before assignment
after
bench --site site1.local --force restore /media/sf_erpdev/20161130_80507324_database.sql

Should I use “sudo” ? Please help.

Camilo

can you provide the full error message?

Thank you!

File “/usr/lib/python2.7/runpy.py”, line 174, in _run_module_as_main
main”, fname, loader, pkg_name)
File “/usr/lib/python2.7/runpy.py”, line 72, in _run_code
exec code in run_globals
File “/home/frappe/frappe-bench/apps/frappe/frappe/utils/bench_helper.py”, line 79, in
main()
File “/home/frappe/frappe-bench/apps/frappe/frappe/utils/bench_helper.py”, line 16, in main
click.Group(commands=commands)(prog_name=‘bench’)
File “/home/frappe/frappe-bench/env/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/click/core.py”, line 716, in call
return self.main(*args, **kwargs)
File “/home/frappe/frappe-bench/env/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/click/core.py”, line 696, in main
rv = self.invoke(ctx)
File “/home/frappe/frappe-bench/env/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/click/core.py”, line 1060, in invoke
return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx))
File “/home/frappe/frappe-bench/env/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/click/core.py”, line 1060, in invoke
return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx))
File “/home/frappe/frappe-bench/env/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/click/core.py”, line 889, in invoke
return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params)
File “/home/frappe/frappe-bench/env/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/click/core.py”, line 534, in invoke
return callback(*args, **kwargs)
File “/home/frappe/frappe-bench/env/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/click/decorators.py”, line 17, in new_func
return f(get_current_context(), *args, **kwargs)
File “/home/frappe/frappe-bench/apps/frappe/frappe/commands/init.py”, line 24, in _func
ret = f(frappe._dict(ctx.obj), *args, **kwargs)
File “/home/frappe/frappe-bench/apps/frappe/frappe/commands/site.py”, line 103, in restore
force=context.force)
File “/home/frappe/frappe-bench/apps/frappe/frappe/commands/site.py”, line 69, in _new_site
if os.path.exists(installing):
UnboundLocalError: local variable ‘installing’ referenced before assignment

Some more infos:
VM with fresh Ubuntu 16.04
I appreciat your help o this.
best,
Camilo

File “/usr/lib/python2.7/runpy.py”, line 174, in runmodule_as_main
main”, fname, loader, pkg_name)
File “/usr/lib/python2.7/runpy.py”, line 72, in runcode
exec code in run_globals
File “/home/frappe/frappe-bench/apps/frappe/frappe/utils/bench_helper.py”,
line 79, in
main()
File “/home/frappe/frappe-bench/apps/frappe/frappe/utils/bench_helper.py”,
line 16, in main
click.Group(commands=commands)(prog_name=‘bench’)
File
“/home/frappe/frappe-bench/env/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/click/core.py”,
line 716, in call
return self.main(*args, **kwargs)
File
“/home/frappe/frappe-bench/env/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/click/core.py”,
line 696, in main
rv = self.invoke(ctx)
File
“/home/frappe/frappe-bench/env/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/click/core.py”,
line 1060, in invoke
return processresult(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx))
File
“/home/frappe/frappe-bench/env/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/click/core.py”,
line 1060, in invoke
return processresult(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx))
File
“/home/frappe/frappe-bench/env/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/click/core.py”,
line 889, in invoke
return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params)
File
“/home/frappe/frappe-bench/env/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/click/core.py”,
line 534, in invoke
return callback(*args, **kwargs)
File
“/home/frappe/frappe-bench/env/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/click/decorators.py”,
line 17, in new_func
return f(get_current_context(), *args, **kwargs)
File “/home/frappe/frappe-bench/apps/frappe/frappe/commands/init.py”,
line 24, in _func
ret = f(frappe._dict(ctx.obj), *args, **kwargs)
File “/home/frappe/frappe-bench/apps/frappe/frappe/commands/site.py”, line
103, in restore
force=context.force)
File “/home/frappe/frappe-bench/apps/frappe/frappe/commands/site.py”, line
69, in newsite
if os.path.exists(installing):
UnboundLocalError: local variable ‘installing’ referenced before assignment

I got same error. In my case, it was a permissions error. My workaround was to run the script as user frappe.
To see the real error I edited site.py script to handle the error when the touch_file function fails.

Thank you pcoronado. I will experiment with user frappe. I found other valuable information about permissions worth to try. All will keep me busy…but I’m confident to solve this and will close this topic.