Problem with speedtest-cli

I get this error when i try to run the command

Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/speedtest", line 11, in <module>
    load_entry_point('speedtest-cli==2.1.2', 'console_scripts', 'speedtest')()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/speedtest.py", line 1986, in main
    shell()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/speedtest.py", line 1872, in shell
    speedtest = Speedtest(
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/speedtest.py", line 1091, in __init__
    self.get_config()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/speedtest.py", line 1173, in get_config
    ignore_servers = list(
ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: ''

Run this in Terminal:

sudo apt remove speedtest-cli 
sudo apt install python-pip

or python3-pip on 20.04 or newer

pip install speedtest_cli
speedtest

The answer points to the correct solution, however, here is what I did:

1. Remove the package

   $ sudo apt remove speedtest-cli [sudo] password for user:  
   Reading package lists... Done
   Building dependency tree
   Reading state information... Done 
   The following packages will be REMOVED:  
     speedtest-cli
   0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
   After this operation, 106 kB disk space will be freed.
   Do you want to continue? [Y/n]  
   (Reading database ... 434307 files and directories currently installed.) 
   Removing speedtest-cli (2.1.2-2) ...
   Processing triggers for man-db (2.9.1-1) ...
   

2. Install the speedtest_cli package using pip3

   $ pip3 install speedtest_cli
   Collecting speedtest_cli
   Downloading speedtest_cli-2.1.3-py2.py3-none-any.whl (23 kB)
   Installing collected packages: speedtest-cli
   WARNING: The scripts speedtest and speedtest-cli are installed in
    '/home/user/.local/bin' which is not on PATH.
   Consider adding this directory to PATH or, if you prefer to suppress this warning,
    use --no-warn-script-location.
   Successfully installed speedtest-cli-2.1.3
   
   

3. Run vim ~/.profile (or use your favourite text editor) and add this line at the end:

   PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.local/bin"
   

   save the file run source ~/.profile

   (editor's note: this step may be unnecessary as .profile may contain a line that adds .local/bin to PATH if it exists - read the file first.)

4. Run the program

   $ speedtest
   Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
   Testing from Asahi Net (14.3.70.30)...
   Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
   Selecting best server based on ping...
   Hosted by GLBB Japan (Tokyo) [2.12 km]: 6.547 ms
   Testing download speed................................................................................
   Download: 74.92 Mbit/s
   Testing upload speed......................................................................................................
   Upload: 173.11 Mbit/s
   

My system: Ubuntu 20.04 64-bit - Enjoy!

This worked for me.

1. Open the speedtest.py file in /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages with a text editor.

2. Go to line 1174:

   map(int, server_config['ignoreids'].split(','))
   

   and replace it with this one:

   map(int, (server_config['ignoreids'].split(',') if len(server_config['ignoreids']) else []) )
   

3. Save the file and run the command again.

You can also comment the line placing # at the beginning and add the new line. If this solution doesn't work for you, you can restore the original file easily, uncommenting the old line and deleting the new one.