AttributeError: module 'docling' has no attribute '__version__'

[majestichou]

Bug

AttributeError: module 'docling' has no attribute 'version'

Steps to reproduce

1. pip install docling
2. python -c "import docling; print(docling.version)"

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
AttributeError: module 'docling' has no attribute '__version__'

4. run command docling --version

from docling.cli.main import app
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'docling.cli.main'

Docling version

2.108, latest version

Python version

3.12.12

[dosubot]

@majestichou Both issues point to an installation problem rather than a bug in docling itself:

Regarding __version__: Docling does not expose a __version__ attribute — the docling/__init__.py is intentionally empty [1]. This was never part of the public API. To check your installed version programmatically, use:

from importlib.metadata import version
print(version("docling"))

Regarding ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'docling.cli.main': The CLI module does exist in the source [2] and the entry point is correctly configured in pyproject.toml [3]. The fact that it's missing on your system suggests an incomplete or corrupted installation.

I'd recommend trying a clean reinstall:

pip uninstall docling docling-slim
pip install --no-cache-dir docling

Also verify nothing is shadowing the package (e.g., a local file or directory named docling in your working directory).

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