# Borgbackup - msgpack dependency

**URL:** <https://community.ipfire.org/t/borgbackup-msgpack-dependency/1855>\
**Category:** Add-Ons\
**Created:** [7 April 2020 17:30 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/borgbackup-msgpack-dependency/1855 "2020-04-07T17:30:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![charettemtb](https://community.ipfire.org/user_avatar/community.ipfire.org/charettemtb/32/231_2.png) [@charettemtb](https://community.ipfire.org/u/charettemtb)\
**Post date:** [8 April 2020 19:38 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/borgbackup-msgpack-dependency/1855/3 "2020-04-08T19:38:41Z")

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Thanks for your help !  
I’ve already tried and it didn’t change anything.  
I’m using ipfire version 142, and my default python interpreter is python 3.8 😑

What is yours ?

There is my error message :

> $ borg -h  
> Traceback (most recent call last):  
> File “/usr/bin/borg”, line 6, in   
> from pkg\_resources import load\_entry\_point  
> File “/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pkg\_resources/ **init**.py”, line 3251, in   
> def \_initialize\_master\_working\_set():  
> File “/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pkg\_resources/ **init**.py”, line 3234, in \_call\_aside  
> f(\*args, \*\*kwargs)  
> File “/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pkg\_resources/ **init**.py”, line 3263, in \_initialize\_master\_working\_set  
> working\_set = WorkingSet.\_build\_master()  
> File “/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pkg\_resources/ **init**.py”, line 583, in \_build\_master  
> ws.require( **requires** )  
> File “/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pkg\_resources/ **init**.py”, line 900, in require  
> needed = self.resolve(parse\_requirements(requirements))  
> File “/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pkg\_resources/ **init**.py”, line 786, in resolve  
> raise DistributionNotFound(req, requirers)  
> pkg\_resources.DistributionNotFound: The ‘msgpack-python!=0.5.0,!=0.5.1,!=0.5.2,!=0.5.3,!=0.5.4,!=0.5.5,\<=0.5.6,\>=0.4.6’ distribution was not found and is required by borgbackup

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