# Problems with hail import **URL:** \ **Category:** Help \[0.1\]\ **Created:** [December 23, 2017, 1:12pm UTC](https://discuss.hail.is/t/problems-with-hail-import/386 "2017-12-23T13:12:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mayub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ed655f/32.png) [@mayub](https://discuss.hail.is/u/mayub)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2017, 1:12pm UTC](https://discuss.hail.is/t/problems-with-hail-import/386/1 "2017-12-23T13:12:57Z")
I am new to Hail. I am trying to run it on a cluster. I am getting this error message. please help > > > from hail import \* > > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > > File “”, line 1, in > > > File “/global/home/hpc3954/software/hail/python/hail/ **init**.py”, line > > > import hail.expr > > > File “/global/home/hpc3954/software/hail/python/hail/expr.py”, line 3, dule\> > > > from hail.representation import Variant, AltAllele, Genotype, Locus, al, Struct, Call > > > File “/global/home/hpc3954/software/hail/python/hail/representation/\_\_ipy”, line 1, in > > > from hail.representation.variant import Variant, Locus, AltAllele > > > File “/global/home/hpc3954/software/hail/python/hail/representation/vary”, line 2, in > > > from hail.typecheck import \* > > > File "/global/home/hpc3954/software/hail/python/hail/typecheck/\_\_init\_\_line 1, in > > > from check import \* > > > File "/global/home/hpc3954/software/hail/python/hail/typecheck/check.pye 1, in > > > from decorator import decorator, getargspec > > > ImportError: cannot import name getargspec ---
**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:** [December 23, 2017, 2:04pm UTC](https://discuss.hail.is/t/problems-with-hail-import/386/2 "2017-12-23T14:04:07Z")
What version of Python and the `decorator` module do you have? Hail supports Python 2.7 and the latest decorator version, I think. ---
**Author:** ![mayub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ed655f/32.png) [@mayub](https://discuss.hail.is/u/mayub)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2017, 1:20am UTC](https://discuss.hail.is/t/problems-with-hail-import/386/3 "2017-12-24T01:20:57Z")
Thank you. I checked that by running python --version command and I get this response Python 2.7.5 I managed to run jhail but am getting this error message now [hpc3954@portal tutorials]$ /global/home/hpc3954/software/hail/bin/jhail Traceback (most recent call last): File “/opt/python/anaconda3/bin/jupyter-notebook”, line 11, in sys.exit(main()) File “/opt/python/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/jupyter\_core/application.py”, line 267, in launch\_instance return super(JupyterApp, cls).launch\_instance(argv=argv, \*\*kwargs) File “/opt/python/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/traitlets/config/application.py”, line 657, in launch\_instance app.initialize(argv) File “”, line 2, in initialize File “/opt/python/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/traitlets/config/application.py”, line 87, in catch\_config\_error return method(app, \*args, \*\*kwargs) File “/opt/python/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/notebook/notebookapp.py”, line 1296, in initialize self.init\_webapp() File “/opt/python/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/notebook/notebookapp.py”, line 1120, in init\_webapp self.http\_server.listen(port, self.ip) File “/opt/python/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tornado/tcpserver.py”, line 142, in listen sockets = bind\_sockets(port, address=address) File “/opt/python/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tornado/netutil.py”, line 197, in bind\_sockets sock.bind(sockaddr) OSError: [Errno 99] Cannot assign requested address ---
**Author:** ![danking](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discuss.hail.is/danking/32/43_2.png) [@danking](https://discuss.hail.is/u/danking)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 4:36pm UTC](https://discuss.hail.is/t/problems-with-hail-import/386/4 "2018-01-10T16:36:56Z")
`jhail` is a thin wrapper around `jupyter notebook`. Are you able to successfully run `jupyter notebook`? ---
**Author:** ![mayub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ed655f/32.png) [@mayub](https://discuss.hail.is/u/mayub)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 10:16pm UTC](https://discuss.hail.is/t/problems-with-hail-import/386/5 "2018-01-10T22:16:45Z")
Thanks Dan You are right. The problem was with running Jupyter Notebook. I have asked my cluster people to fix it. Muhammad Dr. Muhammad Ayub Professor of Psychiatry Chair Division of Developmental Disabilities Department of Psychiatry Queens University Kingston 191 Portsmouth Avenue Kingston ON Canada K7M 8A6 T 613 549 7944 F 613 549 7387 [muhammad.ayub@queensu.ca](mailto:muhammad.ayub@queensu.ca)