Error importing BeautifulSoup - Conflict with Python version

Question

I installed BeautifulSoup with the command:

sudo easy_install BeautifulSoup4

I got the message:

Searching for BeautifulSoup4
Best match: beautifulsoup4 4.1.3
Processing beautifulsoup4-4.1.3-py2.6.egg
beautifulsoup4 4.1.3 is already the active version in easy-install.pth

Using /Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/beautifulsoup4-4.1.3-py2.6.egg
Processing dependencies for BeautifulSoup4
Finished processing dependencies for BeautifulSoup4

I'm trying to import the BeautifulSoup lib.

>>> from BeautifulSoup import BeautifulSoup
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: No module named BeautifulSoup

or:

>>> from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: No module named bs4

My Python version is:

python --version
Python 2.7.3

EDIT

I understand that:

Using /Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/beautifulsoup4-4.1.3-py2.6.egg

Could mean that there is a conflict between the versions of Python

How can I have this module registered? Thanks

this line from your question should give you a clue: `Using /Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/beautifulsoup4-4.1.3-py2.6.egg` — root, Apr 23 '13 at 13:43
The system Python is 2.7 - but your easy_install installs for 2.6.... — Jon Clements, Apr 23 '13 at 13:43
I understand the issue, do I have to update first easy_install? — maxdangelo, Apr 23 '13 at 13:49

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 23 '13 at 15:23

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It should be,

from bs4 import BeautifulSoup

answered Apr 23 '13 at 15:23

thavan

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The result is the same: ImportError: No module named bs4 – maxdangelo Apr 23 '13 at 16:13
@maxdangelo Do you have two different version of python installed in your machine? – thavan Apr 24 '13 at 09:56
I don't think so, I've updated python from 2.6 (That is coming by default in my macos 10.6.8 installation) to 2.7. – maxdangelo Apr 24 '13 at 10:02
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@maxdangelo search for the file BeautifulSoup.py in your system. It should be there in your dist-packages or site-packages directory. – thavan Apr 24 '13 at 10:09
there is not a file with this name in my system. – maxdangelo Apr 29 '13 at 09:53
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@maxdangelo Please try to re-install it with pip instead of easy_install. "sudo pip install BeautifulSoup". To use pip you need to install setup-tools module. – thavan Apr 29 '13 at 11:50
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): BeautifulSoup4 in /Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/beautifulsoup4-4.1.3-py2.6.egg I unfortunately think that in my installation there is a conflict between the original version of Python coming with OS 10.6 and the 2.7.3 that I've installed. I'm planning to delete both the version and install a clean one. Thanks for the support. – maxdangelo Apr 30 '13 at 11:43

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 23 '13 at 13:51

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Do this:

easy_install pip
When that is done, restart, and type in pip install beautifulsoup4. That should work.

Make sure that you have it as a module with pip list, if you see Beautiful Soup as an output, then yes, you have it working.

answered Apr 23 '13 at 13:51

Games Brainiac

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Hi, I've installed pip. after a pip list the module is present but the importing is still giving an error. – maxdangelo Apr 23 '13 at 14:30
@maxdangelo : Then check your paths, there probably is a problem there. – Games Brainiac Apr 23 '13 at 17:07

maxdangelo · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-02T23:52:19.433

After some research I discovered that this solve the issue:

pip uninstall BeautifulSoup4

will uninstall the package that is in:

/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/

And:

easy_install-2.7 BeautifulSoup4

will successfully install the package in:

/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/

I've checked the process also with some other packages having the same issues and it works.

score -3 · Answer 4 · edited Jun 11 '22 at 00:41

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You have to also

pip install bs4

and use

>>> from bs4 import BeautifulSoup

edited Jun 11 '22 at 00:41

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answered Jun 09 '22 at 06:18

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Error importing BeautifulSoup - Conflict with Python version

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