diff --git a/docs/faq.md b/docs/faq.md index c551e3638..baf07478c 100644 --- a/docs/faq.md +++ b/docs/faq.md @@ -2,6 +2,27 @@ ### Freqtrade commons +#### I'm trying to run the bot, but it says "No module named 'freqtrade'" + +When you run the bot on a Linux system and obtain something similar to the +following error: +``` bash +$ python3 freqtrade -c config.json +Traceback (most recent call last): + File "/usr/lib/python3.6/runpy.py", line 193, in _run_module_as_main + "__main__", mod_spec) + File "/usr/lib/python3.6/runpy.py", line 85, in _run_code + exec(code, run_globals) + File "freqtrade/__main__.py", line 9, in + from freqtrade import main +ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'freqtrade' +``` +try to setup properly the PYTHONPATH environment variable. So simply run +``` bash +export PYTHONPATH=.:$PYTHONPATH +``` +in the terminal (command line) before starting the bot. + #### I have waited 5 minutes, why hasn't the bot made any trades yet?! Depending on the buy strategy, the amount of whitelisted coins, the