# Python setup.py fails due to astroid package on Ubuntu

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**Category:** Python\
**Created:** [October 6, 2019, 1:57am UTC](https://travis-ci.community/t/python-setup-py-fails-due-to-astroid-package-on-ubuntu/5326 "2019-10-06T01:57:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![zhaofeng-shu33](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/travis-ci.community/zhaofeng-shu33/32/2684_2.png) [@zhaofeng-shu33](https://travis-ci.community/u/zhaofeng-shu33)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2019, 1:57am UTC](https://travis-ci.community/t/python-setup-py-fails-due-to-astroid-package-on-ubuntu/5326/1 "2019-10-06T01:57:51Z")

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Hello, I have a project with build failure shown at [https://travis-ci.com/zhaofeng-shu33/pspartition-python-binding/jobs/242492721](https://travis-ci.com/zhaofeng-shu33/pspartition-python-binding/jobs/242492721). The same build passes on MacOS but fails for Ubuntu python. The error messages says _maximum recursion depth exceeded in comparison_ for `astroid` package. I do not use it in my `setup.py`. Maybe it is related to Travis python virtual environment problem or the problem of the package itself?

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**Author:** ![native-api](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/travis-ci.community/native-api/32/430_2.png) [@native-api](https://travis-ci.community/u/native-api)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2019, 2:41am UTC](https://travis-ci.community/t/python-setup-py-fails-due-to-astroid-package-on-ubuntu/5326/2 "2019-10-06T02:41:09Z")

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[https://travis-ci.com/zhaofeng-shu33/pspartition-python-binding/jobs/242492721#L421](https://travis-ci.com/zhaofeng-shu33/pspartition-python-binding/jobs/242492721#L421)

> **[astroid](https://pypi.org/project/astroid/)**
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> An abstract syntax tree for Python with inference support.

It’s a part of `pylint`.

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**Author:** ![zhaofeng-shu33](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/travis-ci.community/zhaofeng-shu33/32/2684_2.png) [@zhaofeng-shu33](https://travis-ci.community/u/zhaofeng-shu33)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2019, 7:50am UTC](https://travis-ci.community/t/python-setup-py-fails-due-to-astroid-package-on-ubuntu/5326/3 "2019-10-06T07:50:39Z")

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> [@native-api](#):
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> astroid

Fixing the version of `astroid` and `pylint` fixed the problem. Thanks.