Unable to import libraries in python even though i have the libraries installed
Question:
I can’t import libraries in python that I have installed using pip
as shown here.
Even other libraries such as PySimpleGui and PyGame don’t work when I try to import them.
I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the libraries and I am sure they are installed on my computer.
Answers:
I think you might have installed them under a different folder or space than what you need. For example the code below installs the library at your current space, while simply pip3 install pygame might be somewhere else.
python3 -m pip3 install pygame
To sort this out, you need to establish two things:
- where you (i.e.
pip) installed the packages, and
- where Python is looking for them
You can find where pip installed a package with:
pip show PACKAGE # e.g. pip show flask
Obviously, if you install using pip3 install flask, you will need to use:
pip3 show flask
Now you need to see which Python you are running and where it is looking for its packages:
import sys
print(sys.executable) # show which Python we are running
print(sys.path) # show where it is looking for packages
Hopefully you will see you are not installing into the Python interpreter you are using.
I seem to have fixed the problem, i was using a different interpreter as to which my packages were installed in as pointed out by Mohammad Jafari.
Thanks for all your help
I can’t import libraries in python that I have installed using pip
as shown here.
Even other libraries such as PySimpleGui and PyGame don’t work when I try to import them.
I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the libraries and I am sure they are installed on my computer.
I think you might have installed them under a different folder or space than what you need. For example the code below installs the library at your current space, while simply pip3 install pygame might be somewhere else.
python3 -m pip3 install pygame
To sort this out, you need to establish two things:
- where you (i.e.
pip) installed the packages, and - where Python is looking for them
You can find where pip installed a package with:
pip show PACKAGE # e.g. pip show flask
Obviously, if you install using pip3 install flask, you will need to use:
pip3 show flask
Now you need to see which Python you are running and where it is looking for its packages:
import sys
print(sys.executable) # show which Python we are running
print(sys.path) # show where it is looking for packages
Hopefully you will see you are not installing into the Python interpreter you are using.
I seem to have fixed the problem, i was using a different interpreter as to which my packages were installed in as pointed out by Mohammad Jafari.
Thanks for all your help