Error "no module named six" after a pip install

Question

Python keeps saying that there's no module named six, however a already used pip install six and reinstalled it several times.

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/sebastianstoelen/Documents/workspace/Python/kulpno14-15_zilver/PiBot/app/Model/graph.py", line 1, in <module>
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/__init__.py", line 105, in <module>
import six
ImportError: No module named six

Do you have more than one Python installation? Are you using the correct `pip`? — Ffisegydd, Oct 28 '14 at 14:10
Over the past few days I've installed tons of other libraries using pip, and none of them gave any error. I only have one version of Python (2.7) installed. — Sebastian Stoelen, Oct 28 '14 at 14:17
How do I do that? I'm a complete beginner in this kind of stuf. — Sebastian Stoelen, Oct 28 '14 at 15:02
@SebastianStoelen the full traceback is the full error message that you get. — Ffisegydd, Oct 28 '14 at 15:03
Can you type `which pip` and `which python` into a bash terminal and post the results? — Ffisegydd, Oct 29 '14 at 08:26
`/usr/local/bin/pip` `/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python` — Sebastian Stoelen, Oct 29 '14 at 11:03

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 03 '15 at 21:41

I just fixed my own instance of this problem. I had two versions of python; the default, 2.6 (which you determine with which python), and 2.7. pip put six under 2.7, but my app ran 2.6, which had only the tar file.

The repair that worked for me:

cd /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages
sudo cp -rp ../../python2.7/site-packages/six* .

My app works as expected now.

Error "no module named six" after a pip install

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