[GH-ISSUE #1487] Bug: ...module 'os' has no attribute 'getuid' on Windows 11 #3898

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opened 2026-03-15 00:54:14 +03:00 by kerem · 1 comment

kerem commented

2026-03-15 00:54:14 +03:00

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Originally created by @digfish on GitHub (Aug 18, 2024).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/issues/1487

Describe the bug

Trying to install archivebox on a virtualenv under windows, it drops a fatal error

Steps to reproduce

Created a virtualenv in windows 11 running with Python 3.10.8 on Anaconda distro:

virtualenv archivebox
activate the virtualenv ( archivebox\bin\activate)
pip install archivebox
cd into archivebox subdir
mkdir data
cd data
once inside 'data': do archivebox init --setup
the error occurs (see output bellow):

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(archivebox) λ archivebox init --setup
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "D:\libs\python-miniconda\lib\runpy.py", line 196, in _run_module_as_main
    return _run_code(code, main_globals, None,
  File "D:\libs\python-miniconda\lib\runpy.py", line 86, in _run_code
    exec(code, run_globals)
  File "D:\venvs\archivebox\Scripts\archivebox.exe\__main__.py", line 4, in <module>
  File "D:\venvs\archivebox\lib\site-packages\archivebox\cli\__init__.py", line 11, in <module>
    from ..config import OUTPUT_DIR, check_data_folder, check_migrations
  File "D:\venvs\archivebox\lib\site-packages\archivebox\config.py", line 64, in <module>
    'PUID':                     {'type': int,   'default': os.getuid()},
AttributeError: module 'os' has no attribute 'getuid'. Did you mean: 'getpid'?

ArchiveBox version

Can't get the archivebox to execute archivebox without spitting the same error, used pip freeze | grep archivebox which gave me * 0.7.2 * .

Originally created by @digfish on GitHub (Aug 18, 2024). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/issues/1487 #### Describe the bug Trying to install archivebox on a virtualenv under windows, it drops a fatal error #### Steps to reproduce Created a virtualenv in windows 11 running with Python 3.10.8 on Anaconda distro: 1. virtualenv archivebox 2. activate the virtualenv ( `archivebox\bin\activate`) 3. pip install archivebox 4. cd into archivebox subdir 5. mkdir data 6. cd data 7. once inside 'data': do `archivebox init --setup` 8. the error occurs (see output bellow): #### Screenshots or log output ``` (archivebox) λ archivebox init --setup Traceback (most recent call last): File "D:\libs\python-miniconda\lib\runpy.py", line 196, in _run_module_as_main return _run_code(code, main_globals, None, File "D:\libs\python-miniconda\lib\runpy.py", line 86, in _run_code exec(code, run_globals) File "D:\venvs\archivebox\Scripts\archivebox.exe\__main__.py", line 4, in <module> File "D:\venvs\archivebox\lib\site-packages\archivebox\cli\__init__.py", line 11, in <module> from ..config import OUTPUT_DIR, check_data_folder, check_migrations File "D:\venvs\archivebox\lib\site-packages\archivebox\config.py", line 64, in <module> 'PUID': {'type': int, 'default': os.getuid()}, AttributeError: module 'os' has no attribute 'getuid'. Did you mean: 'getpid'? ``` #### ArchiveBox version Can't get the archivebox to execute `archivebox` without spitting the same error, used `pip freeze | grep archivebox` which gave me * 0.7.2 * .

kerem closed this issue

2026-03-15 00:54:19 +03:00

kerem commented

2026-03-15 00:54:25 +03:00

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@pirate commented on GitHub (Aug 18, 2024):

Windows without WSL2/Docker is not supported.

@pirate commented on GitHub (Aug 18, 2024): Windows without WSL2/Docker is not supported.

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