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Refers to errors that result from attempting to import a module or library into one's code

Import errors occur while attempting to import a module or library into one's code. Common causes include:

  1. attempting to import from an incorrect file/module/library name
  2. not including the required files in the project/language/system path
  3. cyclic imports (A imports B and B imports A)
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Importing files from different folder

I have the following folder structure. application ├── app │   └── folder │   └── file.py └── app2 └── some_folder └── some_file.py I want to import some functions from file.py in some_file.py. I've tried from…
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How to fix "Attempted relative import in non-package" even with __init__.py

I'm trying to follow PEP 328, with the following directory structure: pkg/ __init__.py components/ core.py __init__.py tests/ core_test.py __init__.py In core_test.py I have the following import statement from…
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ImportError: Cannot import name X

I have four different files named: main.py, vector.py, entity.py and physics.py. I will not post all the code, just the imports, because I think that's where the error is (If you want, I can post more). main.py: import time from entity import…
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Python error "ImportError: No module named"

Python is installed in a local directory. My directory tree looks like this: (local directory)/site-packages/toolkit/interface.py My code is in here: (local directory)/site-packages/toolkit/examples/mountain.py To run the example, I write python…
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"ImportError: No module named" when trying to run Python script

I'm trying to run a script that launches, amongst other things, a python script. I get a ImportError: No module named ..., however, if I launch ipython and import the same module in the same way through the interpreter, the module is accepted. …
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ImportError: No Module Named bs4 (BeautifulSoup)

I'm working in Python and using Flask. When I run my main Python file on my computer, it works perfectly, but when I activate venv and run the Flask Python file in the terminal, it says that my main Python file has "No Module Named bs4." Any…
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ImportError: cannot import name main when running pip --version command in windows7 32 bit

I've installed the latest python (2.7.9) bundled with pip and setuptools for windows 32-bit. I've tried reinstalling pip but the problem persists. Here's the error after running pip --version in Administrator cmd: Traceback (most recent call last): …
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ImportError: libSM.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

When trying to import OpenCV, using import cv2 I get the following error: /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/cv2/__init__.py in () 7 8 # make IDE's (PyCharm) autocompletion happy ----> 9 from .cv2 import * 10 11 #…
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ImportError: No module named six

I'm trying to build OpenERP project, done with dependencies. It's giving this error now Traceback (most recent call last): File "openerp-client.py", line 105, in File "modules\__init__.pyo", line 23, in File…
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psycopg2: AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'extras'

In my code I use the DictCursor from psycopg2.extras like this dict_cur = conn.cursor(cursor_factory=psycopg2.extras.DictCursor) However, all of the sudden I get the following error when I load the cursor: AttributeError: 'module' object has no…
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Installing OpenCV for Python on Ubuntu, getting ImportError: No module named cv2.cv

I have an Ubuntu 14.04 system, on which I want to install OpenCV and use it with Python 2.x. I installed OpenCV using the instructions here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OpenCV The install seemed to run properly, no errors, the script ended…
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ImportError: No module named mock

So I am trying to use unittest.mock to mock some of my methods in my unit tests. I do: from unittest.mock import MagicMock f = open("data/static/mock_ffprobe_response") subprocess.check_output = MagicMock(return_value=f.read()) f.close() But I am…
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Attempted relative import with no known parent package

from ..box_utils import decode, nms This line is giving error ImportError: attempted relative import with no known parent package What is this error and how to resolve this error?
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How can I troubleshoot Python "Could not find platform independent libraries "

I'm trying to use Fontcustom to create an icon font using svg files and fontforge. I'm on OSX.7. However, whenever I run the program I get the error Could not find platform independent libraries Could not find platform dependent libraries…
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ImportError: No module named 'bottle' - PyCharm

I installed bottle on python3.4 with pip install. In terminal, when I do: $ python3.4 >>>import bottle # shows no import error >>> but when I do it in PyCharm, it says "import bottle ImportError: No module named 'bottle'"
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