The problem I’m having
Unable to use the dbt init command.
Anytime I run this command, I get the error shown below.
I’m on a brand new machine and using a cloned repository.
The context of why I’m trying to do this
- Trying to set up dbt on a new machine
What I’ve already tried
- Uninstalling and reinstalling
dbt-core
Some example code or error messages
00:23:03 Running with dbt=1.7.0
00:23:03 Encountered an error:
[ConfigFolderDirectory]: Unable to parse dict {'dir': PosixPath('/Users/cs/.dbt')}
00:23:03 Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/cs/premier-league/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/google/protobuf/json_format.py", line 608, in _ConvertFieldValuePair
_ConvertScalarFieldValue(value, field,
File "/Users/cs/premier-league/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/google/protobuf/json_format.py", line 779, in _ConvertScalarFieldValue
if _UNPAIRED_SURROGATE_PATTERN.search(value):
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
TypeError: expected string or bytes-like object, got 'PosixPath'
The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/cs/premier-league/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/dbt/events/base_types.py", line 72, in __init__
self.pb_msg = ParseDict(kwargs, msg_cls())
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/Users/cs/premier-league/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/google/protobuf/json_format.py", line 446, in ParseDict
parser.ConvertMessage(js_dict, message, '')
File "/Users/cs/premier-league/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/google/protobuf/json_format.py", line 487, in ConvertMessage
self._ConvertFieldValuePair(value, message, path)
File "/Users/cs/premier-league/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/google/protobuf/json_format.py", line 622, in _ConvertFieldValuePair
raise ParseError(
google.protobuf.json_format.ParseError: Failed to parse dir field: expected string or bytes-like object, got 'PosixPath'.
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/cs/premier-league/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/dbt/cli/requires.py", line 90, in wrapper
result, success = func(*args, **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/Users/cs/premier-league/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/dbt/cli/requires.py", line 75, in wrapper
return func(*args, **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/Users/cs/premier-league/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/dbt/cli/main.py", line 515, in init
results = task.run()
^^^^^^^^^^
File "/Users/cs/premier-league/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/dbt/task/init.py", line 298, in run
self.create_profiles_dir(profiles_dir)
File "/Users/cs/premier-league/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/dbt/task/init.py", line 70, in create_profiles_dir
fire_event(ConfigFolderDirectory(dir=profiles_dir))
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/Users/cs/premier-league/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/dbt/events/base_types.py", line 81, in __init__
raise Exception(error_msg)
Exception: [ConfigFolderDirectory]: Unable to parse dict {'dir': PosixPath('/Users/cs/.dbt')}