I want to import a python module I have off of Github, but I want it to be portable, I.E. available to use on a memory stick, and I want to have it so I don't have to install the module through CMD on every machine I want it to run on.
I've seen Import python package from local directory into interpreter, but none of the answers worked for me, as I don't have a specific file to target, it's a directory I want to import. The module I want to import is (https://github.com/ricmoo/pyaes)
Try something like this
import sys
sys.path.append('C:\\Users\\Administrator\\Desktop\\pyaes-master')
import pyaes
Have you tried
from [path to directory] import [whatever you want to import]?
That should do the trick.
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According to this Question , it is said that to use a library or file from local folder, we use:
import sys
sys.path.append("/path/to/your/directory")
But what my doubt is that, is :
import sys
sys.path.append("/path/to/your/directory")
and:
locals()['path'].append("/path/to/your/directory")
and:
globals()['path'].append("/path/to/your/directory")
do the same function to import the directory files, or do vary by de-merits?
(I haven't seen any discussion about this anywere else)
"Hacking" the sys.path to enable imports is bad practice. Use editable installs instead:
pip install --editable /path/to/your/directory
This will insert a symlink of your project into the site-packages folder and
allow Python to properly find your packages.
My code depends on functions from a module external_module which is in my pythonpath path and which I include as
# global import
import external_module.sub_mod_one as smo
Now I want to share my code but I don't want to force my collaborators to checkout my other git repos and add them to their environment.
So, I thought I can copy the files to the local directory and rewrite the import as
# local import
import sub_mod_one as smo
However, since development goes on, I don't want to do this manually.
Question Is there a python module or vim plugin or something else that does this for me? Namely, copying the the included modules to the current folder and rewriting the import statements?
The "right" solution is to
properly package your "external_module" so it can be installed with pip,
add to your project(s) a pip requirements file referencing your package
then have everybody using virtualenvs
This way the package will be cleanly installed (and at the right version), you don't have to mess with your exports, and you dont have out of sync copies of your package everywhere.
You could use conditional imports:
try:
import external_module.sub_mod_one as smo
except ImportError:
import sub_mod_one as smo
I have a sconstruct file and i am trying build a process.
A part of my code is below.
# Import modules needed by Scons
import os
import sys
# Create an Scons Environment
env = DefaultEnvironment()
env.Decider('MD5-timestamp')
sys.path.append(r"C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages")
sys.path.append(r"C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\numpy")
sys.path.append(r"C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\numpy\linalg")
import numpy
When i try to run scons, it complain about not able to find some sub module of numpy such as lapack_lite, _umath_linalg. The screenshot of the error attached.
I have checked this files inside my site-pacages. It is defintely present inside the folder.
When i import numpy library from python, i dont have any problem.
I had a dependency issue.
The only solution that worked was to completely remove python, all its libraries.
Reinstall python, libraries and scons back. Made sure all pythonpath and sys path are set properly.
It started to work
I'm using Python 2.7. I'm rather new to the python langauge. I have two python modules - "Trailcrest.py" and "Glyph.py", both in the same folder, but not in the Python27 folder.
I need to import "Trailcrest.py" into "Glyph.py", but I am getting the message that "no such module exists".
Additionally, whatever means I use to import the module needs to not be dependent on a solid-state path. This program is cross-platform, and the path can be changed depending on the user's preferences. However, these two modules will always be in the same folder together.
How do I do this?
If you have Trailcrest.py and Glyph.py in the same folder, importing one into the other is as simple as:
import Trailcrest
import Glyph
If this does not work, there seems to be something wrong with your Python setup. You might want to check what's in sys.path.
import sys
print sys.path
To elaborate a bit on Ferdinand Beyer's answer, sys.path is a list of file locations that the default module importer checks. Some, though not all installations of python will add the current directory or the directory of the __main__ module to the path. To make sure that the paths relative to a given module are importable in that module, do something like this:
import os.path, sys
sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(__file__))
But something like that shouldn't ever make it into a "production" product. Instead, use something like distutils to install the module's package into the python site-packages directory.
This can also be achieved using the environment variable PYTHONPATH which also influences Python's search path. This can be done in a shell script so that the Python files do not need to be altered. If you want it to import from the current working directory use the . notation in bash:
export PYTHONPATH=.
python python_prog.py
I'm really new to Python. I'm trying to import a third party module called primes.py. I have placed this module in C:\Python26\Lib (the location where I installed Python). I then have another file which is trying to import this module. The file attempting to import primes is located at C:\Python26.
In my Python file I have the following two lines:
import primes
import sys
When I run this file, I get the following error:
ImportError: No module named primes
Can anyone help me out?
The module needs to be on your PYTHONPATH or in the same directory as the script, app, or module that is trying to import the module.
I'm not a Windows programmer but if you have placed the module in 'C:\Python26\Lib' and your path is set to 'C:\Python26' you need to add '\Python26\Lib' to your PYTHONPATH. I'm not certain on what the syntax would be but it should be something like 'C:\Python26;C:\Python26\Lib'. Assuming everything is the same on Windows, the subdirectories are not searched automatically.
I think a more appropriate place to put the module is to place it in 'site-packages', I don't know how this is accomplished on Windows. On *nix systems there is a script 'setup.py' that comes with the package/module, and uses 'setuptools' to build and install the package/module for you.
you probably should located this under site-packages directory or a private folder instead. Check your sys.path to understand your import paths.
Put primes.py in the lib/site-packages/ directory.
Also: no need to put your own Python files under the installation directory: I'd advise you to put them somewhere else (where it makes sense).