Using a module in python

Question

I'm trying to install and use python for the first time, but I'm having problems using extern librairies.

/usr/bin/python /path/core/__init__.py  
Traceback (most recent call last):  
  File "/Users/fabienlamarque/Downloads/RedditAPI/core/__init__.py", line 6, in <module>   
    import requests  
ImportError: No module named requests

Source code :

import requests
r = requests.get(r'path/.json')

As I surfed around trying to find answers, I found some people telling me to use pip, I indeed used pip and pip3 (with python 2.7.5 and python 3.4.2), the answer is always:

$ pip install requests
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to
upgrade): requests in /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages
Cleaning up...

Which seems like a good thing, I forced the reinstallation of the module several times, but I always have the same problem. My IDE tells me "No module named 'requests'" though.
What did I miss?

Thanks

Are you running the correct Python executable? Perhaps you have one in /usr/local/bin/python but are using /usr/bin/python? — Martijn Pieters
– Martijn Pieters, Commented Dec 20, 2014 at 12:25
You should look into virtualenvs, which make managing which packages are available for a specific project much easier. — jonrsharpe
– jonrsharpe, Commented Dec 20, 2014 at 12:27
Mmmmh upon further inspection, I got python 2.7.5 installed in /usr/local/bin and I have some python files in /usr/bin/ (python, python-config, python2, python-config) — Fabinout
– Fabinout, Commented Dec 20, 2014 at 12:33
What version number do you see if you just type python (and hit enter) in the shell? — PM 2Ring
– PM 2Ring, Commented Dec 20, 2014 at 12:36

Phil Cooper · Accepted Answer · 2014-12-20 14:06:48Z

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I see /usr/bin/python in there so it's a *nix variant.

you will probably find that which python and which pip point to different locations.

You can just download the source and use python setup.py install assuming that your user has write privilages to the puthon site-packages dir.

Virtualenv for virtualenvironments of even better, conda environments is soemthing I highly suggest learning early on to avoid these headaches on your leaning path.

answered Dec 20, 2014 at 14:06

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