I am trying to write a simple program that uses the numpy module. I have downloaded it without the use of a virtual environment using pip. On doing a pip freeze all the modules are present yet I am unable to import it when I use the command prompt python terminal. I found a few answers related to the environment variables but I can't work my way around it.
That can be caused by multiple python versions installed in your system.
So try:
python -m pip list
and if it does not list numpy, try installing it using:
python -m pip install numpy
In some cases, py works the same as python, so try all above things with py as well, including your own attempts
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I am working with some python program where I need to import mysql.connector. But I am facing ImportError: No module named connector. I already read answers on same issue and also explore google to find out and try some step to fix still it not fixed.
I am working on MacOS. and I guess by default python 2.7.18 is installed and also I installed python 3.8.9.
So I came to know that I have to install pip install mysql-connector for python 2.X but when I ran this in my terminal it is showing command not found: pip . Then I tried to install pip3 install mysql-connector. for python3 and it got successfully installed.
But Still problem not fixed. Any idea how to fix this?
It could be the case where you are running the Python file with the wrong Python installation. In VS Code we can choose the interpreter using which we want to run our Python file.
By default, the Python extension looks for and uses the first Python
interpreter it finds in the system path. To select a specific
environment, use the Python: Select Interpreter command from the
Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P).
Just choose Python 3.8.9 from the list of interpreters. For complete guide you can refer to the documentation:
https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/python/environments#_select-and-activate-an-environment
You got two Python installed in your system. Python3 and Python2.
Pip3 is just for python3.
You must use pip2 or pip2.7 for work with python2.
Search if you got the pip2 package installed is not then install it.
I have looked at other similar questions but I got no answer.
I have installed pyautogui through pip install and I have checked using pip freeze and when I try to import this module I get the error "No module named 'pyautogui'".
I have also tried to restart the IDE that I am using (Pycharm) and I still don't know what is going on.
Does anyone have any ideas?
Before doing anything else, try restarting your IDE. Sometimes it's as simple as the module wasn't available when it started up.
Otherwise, it is possible that your pip installation is running under a different version of python than the IDE you are using. Some computers come with python pre-installed, and some IDEs might install a new version as a dependency, so you can end up with two (or more) different copies of python.
The easiest solution is probably going to be to install the package from within Pycharm, which will use the same copy of python: https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/guide/tips/install-and-import/#:~:text=PyCharm%20can%20do%20both.,according%20to%20your%20project%20styles.
Alternatively, you can try opening the python interpreter and importing the module there:
$ python
>>> import pyautogui
If that also fails, then installing pyautogui in the shell by running:
$ python -m pip install pyautogui
might solve it, if your IDE uses the same installation that is on your $PATH, but not the same as pip.
If that doesn't work, then you're going to need to figure out which python installations are being used where.
I am using Python 3.9 on Windows 10 which I downloaded directly from the Microsoft Store.
I tried running a script in PowerShell: Bash *.sh
This script is supposed to tell my computer to execute a .py script which uses scipy.io and many other modules.
Then I received this error:
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'scipy'
My strategy was to make sure pip was up to date, then use it to install the desired packages, then run some commands to see if the packages were installed.
I ran this command to update pip:
python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
I ran this command to get some modules:
python -m pip install --user numpy scipy matplotlib ipython jupyter pandas sympy nose
I also tried this command just in case:
pip install scipy
and got the result:
Requirement already satisfied ...
I ran the command pip list to make sure scipy was in the list (and it was there).
Then I ran the command python and my prompt changed to ">>>" and entered import scipy and did not receive any errors.
I am very confused as to how I have scipy installed yet have my script tell me it isn't there. Please help!
From what you have posted it looks like you have more than one python environment path in your system, because of which when you are installing these libraries they are installed at certain location while when you run the bash script it is using some other python location.
Try using these commands in both your terminal (cmd in windows) as well as in you bash script:
import sys
print(sys.path)
This will give you the python environment path (location where your python libraries are present), then compare both the path you get from your terminal as well as bash. Add the path you got from the terminal to your global environment in order to make sure the same python version is used everywhere.
You can also refer to this: Python modules not found over terminal but on python shell, Linux
I had the same issue. You might have multiple versions of python and you only installed scipy on the one you are not using
OR
you are using an IDE which has the option to use packages you install that are not by default in python. Pycharm has that. When you make a new project, it has a tick option saying "Inherit global site-packages" which means it will use additional packages you have installed any.
I get this error for every single package that I have downloaded from pip whenever I type import [package] or any variation there off. This also means that the packages do not work. This is strange, since it used to work.
Edit: Apparently it works just fine on Jupyter Notebooks, but not in a normal python file.
it seems that you are installing the module in a wrong way, specifically, to improper directory (or python version).
you can alway check if module/package is installed or not by this:
pip list
if you can see the module in list, then it is installed, if not, then you need to install it properly.
sometimes you may have different versions of python installed, you install the package to version X and try to run it on version Z. all you need to do is to clarify your python version, check if the pip is referring to the python version by doing this:
pip -V
it shows the pip version along with the python version it is referring to.
The BEST WAY
always try to create a virtual environment and install packages there.
creating a virtual environment
python -m venv <VENV_NAME>
then activate it:
source <VENV_NAME>/bin/activate # MacOS & Linux
<VENV_NAME>/Scripts/activate # Windows
then, install your packages. there shouldn't be any problems after that.
I have recently begun having troubles using pip to install python packages. I have always used pip but never really understood how it actually works, my experience with it is basically limited to "pip install pkg".
Recently when trying to install openCV on my machine, I followed a few guides that involved changing paths etc. Since making these changes I have been having trouble using pip to install packages correctly.
Now when I run "pip3 install pkg", the install runs fine without any errors. When I try to import the module in python however, python cannot find the package. If I run "pip3 list" in the terminal I get a list of modules that is different to running help('modules') within python.
I think pip is installing the packages to a different location than my version of python is referencing when importing modules?
Is there a way I can change where pip installs to? What did it mean to change paths and how can I avoid this in the future?
Thanks in advance.
EDIT: I should mention that running "python3 -m pip install pkg" installs the packages correctly.
Because you have 2 versions of python installed, the best solution is to install and use virtualenv
A Virtual Environment is a tool to keep all dependencies required by different projects and python versions in separate places. It solves the problem you mentioned and keeps your site-packages directory manageable.