# Traceback on new install

**URL:** <https://discourse.beets.io/t/traceback-on-new-install/1674>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [January 28, 2021, 9:07pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/traceback-on-new-install/1674 "2021-01-28T21:07:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![cable-revolt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@cable-revolt](https://discourse.beets.io/u/cable-revolt)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 9:07pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/traceback-on-new-install/1674/1 "2021-01-28T21:07:37Z")

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I installed beets on Ubuntu 20.04 using apt install beet.

> beet help

```
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/beet", line 11, in <module>
    load_entry_point('beets==1.4.9', 'console_scripts', 'beet')()
  File "/usr/share/beets/beets/ui/ __init__.py", line 1266, in main
    _raw_main(args)
  File "/usr/share/beets/beets/ui/ __init__.py", line 1249, in _raw_main
    subcommands, plugins, lib = _setup(options, lib)
  File "/usr/share/beets/beets/ui/ __init__.py", line 1144, in _setup
    lib = _open_library(config)
  File "/usr/share/beets/beets/ui/ __init__.py", line 1201, in _open_library
    get_path_formats(),
  File "/usr/share/beets/beets/ui/ __init__.py", line 619, in get_path_formats
    path_formats.append((query, template(view.as_str())))
  File "/usr/share/beets/beets/util/functemplate.py", line 571, in template
    return Template(fmt)
  File "/usr/share/beets/beets/util/functemplate.py", line 581, in __init__
    self.compiled = self.translate()
  File "/usr/share/beets/beets/util/functemplate.py", line 614, in translate
    func = compile_func(
  File "/usr/share/beets/beets/util/functemplate.py", line 155, in compile_func
    prog = compile(mod, '<generated>', 'exec')
ValueError: Name node can't be used with 'None' constant

```

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**Author:** ![adrian](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.beets.io/adrian/32/4_2.png) [@adrian](https://discourse.beets.io/u/adrian)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 12:43pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/traceback-on-new-install/1674/2 "2021-01-29T12:43:13Z")

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You’ll want to install from source or use an older version of Python:

> <https://github.com/beetbox/beets/issues/3674>
>
> Problem
> running beet \<any command\> crashes
> ValueError: Name node can't be used with 'None' constant
> Running this command in verbose (-vv) mode:
> $ beet -vv...