bcc: ImportError cannot import name BPF

Question

I am getting the following error when trying run the example hello_world.py.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/bcc/examples/hello_world.py", line 9, in <module>
    from bcc import BPF
ImportError: cannot import name BPF

I installed bcc from source (link). I also installed both the python bcc bindings packages, python-bcc and python3-bcc but no luck.

I am running Ubuntu 18.04 and kernel version 4.15.0-117-generic.

What am I missing here?

Does it work if you install the bcc packages? (`sudo apt-get install bpfcc-tools linux-headers-$(uname -r)`) — pchaigno, Sep 24 '20 at 12:58
Did you try running the hello_world with both Python2 and Python3? — pchaigno, Sep 24 '20 at 12:58
@pchaigno It doesn't work even after installing the `bcc` packages. Tried with both python2 and python3, didn't work. — Sagar Rakshe, Sep 24 '20 at 13:00

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 05 '22 at 07:55

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In ubuntu 20.04, I execute the following command to fix it.

sudo apt-get install bpfcc-tools linux-headers-$(uname -r)

answered Mar 05 '22 at 07:55

HobbyTan

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 30 '20 at 06:00

I got the issue. I was using the pyenv to manage my python versions, so the python was looking files in the wrong locations.

$ python -c 'import site; print(site.getsitepackages())'
['/home/sagar/.pyenv/versions/3.6.6/lib/python3.6/site-packages']

I tried with a python3 command, which was not installed by pyenv and I don't get the above error.

bcc: ImportError cannot import name BPF

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