# Attributeerror: module 'hail' has no attribute 'init'

**URL:** <https://discuss.hail.is/t/attributeerror-module-hail-has-no-attribute-init/1798>\
**Category:** Hail Query & hailctl\
**Created:** [November 19, 2020, 11:47am UTC](https://discuss.hail.is/t/attributeerror-module-hail-has-no-attribute-init/1798 "2020-11-19T11:47:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![chadisaad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discuss.hail.is/chadisaad/32/505_2.png) [@chadisaad](https://discuss.hail.is/u/chadisaad)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 11:47am UTC](https://discuss.hail.is/t/attributeerror-module-hail-has-no-attribute-init/1798/1 "2020-11-19T11:47:10Z")

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Hi,

I have installed hail 0.2.53

In my script python, I do:

```
import hail as hl
hl.init()

```

I got :

> attributeerror: module ‘hail’ has no attribute ‘init’

Can you help please ? even hl.version() doesn’t work.

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**Author:** ![tpoterba](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discuss.hail.is/tpoterba/32/61_2.png) [@tpoterba](https://discuss.hail.is/u/tpoterba)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 12:25pm UTC](https://discuss.hail.is/t/attributeerror-module-hail-has-no-attribute-init/1798/2 "2020-11-19T12:25:27Z")

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Are you running this script from a directory that has a `hail/` folder? This could be causing problems with module import.

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**Author:** ![chadisaad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discuss.hail.is/chadisaad/32/505_2.png) [@chadisaad](https://discuss.hail.is/u/chadisaad)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 12:26pm UTC](https://discuss.hail.is/t/attributeerror-module-hail-has-no-attribute-init/1798/3 "2020-11-19T12:26:50Z")

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No, there is nothing in the folder a part the script.  
thanks

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**Author:** ![tpoterba](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discuss.hail.is/tpoterba/32/61_2.png) [@tpoterba](https://discuss.hail.is/u/tpoterba)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 12:44pm UTC](https://discuss.hail.is/t/attributeerror-module-hail-has-no-attribute-init/1798/4 "2020-11-19T12:44:53Z")

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OK, what’s the output of

```auto
python3 -c "import hail; print(hail. __file__ )"

```

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**Author:** ![chadisaad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discuss.hail.is/chadisaad/32/505_2.png) [@chadisaad](https://discuss.hail.is/u/chadisaad)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 12:51pm UTC](https://discuss.hail.is/t/attributeerror-module-hail-has-no-attribute-init/1798/5 "2020-11-19T12:51:20Z")

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```auto
/python-3.6.6/v3.6.6/lib/python3.6/site-packages/hail/ __init__.py

```

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**Author:** ![tpoterba](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discuss.hail.is/tpoterba/32/61_2.png) [@tpoterba](https://discuss.hail.is/u/tpoterba)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 12:53pm UTC](https://discuss.hail.is/t/attributeerror-module-hail-has-no-attribute-init/1798/6 "2020-11-19T12:53:02Z")

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how about if you make your script:

```auto
import hail as hl
print(hl. __file__ )
hl.init()

```

And run it the same way as your first post?

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**Author:** ![chadisaad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discuss.hail.is/chadisaad/32/505_2.png) [@chadisaad](https://discuss.hail.is/u/chadisaad)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 12:56pm UTC](https://discuss.hail.is/t/attributeerror-module-hail-has-no-attribute-init/1798/7 "2020-11-19T12:56:40Z")

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same issue: attributeerror: module ‘hail’ has no attribute ‘init’

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**Author:** ![chadisaad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discuss.hail.is/chadisaad/32/505_2.png) [@chadisaad](https://discuss.hail.is/u/chadisaad)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 12:58pm UTC](https://discuss.hail.is/t/attributeerror-module-hail-has-no-attribute-init/1798/8 "2020-11-19T12:58:30Z")

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actually it works now ! just by renaming the file form 'hail.py ’ to ‘test.py’