thrift : Unable to get a generator for "python"

Question

I have thrift installed on my machine (Ubuntu 12.04).The version of thrift that I am using is 0.9.0.I have tried to generate python file for a thrift interface file as follows

thrift -gen python example.thrift

I get the following error

[WARNING:generation:1] Unable to get a generator for "python".

Do I need to install any additional packages in order for thrift to be able to generate python files.I am able to generate java file using thrift.

Answer 1

Try replacing the "python" with "py":

thrift -gen py example.thrift