如何修复 Python 中的“ImportError: No module named ...”错误？

Question

What is the correct way to fix this ImportError error?

I have the following directory structure:

/home/bodacydo
/home/bodacydo/work
/home/bodacydo/work/project
/home/bodacydo/work/project/programs
/home/bodacydo/work/project/foo

And I am in the directory

/home/bodacydo/work/project

Now if I type

python ./programs/my_python_program.py

I instantly get

ImportError: No module named foo.tasks

The ./programs/my_python_program.py contains the following line:

from foo.tasks import my_function

I can't understand why python won't find ./foo/tasks.py - it's there.

If I do it from the Python shell, then it works:

python
>>> from foo.tasks import my_function

It only doesn't work if I call it via python ./programs/my_python_program.py script.

Answer 1

Python 不会将当前目录添加到sys.path ，而是添加脚本所在的目录。将/home/bodacydo/work/project到sys.path或$PYTHONPATH 。

Answer 2

Do you have a file called __init__.py in the foo directory? If not then python won't recognise foo as a python package.

See the section on packages in the python tutorial for more information.

Answer 3

A better fix than setting PYTHONPATH is to use python -m module.path

This will correctly set sys.path[0] and is a more reliable way to execute modules.

I have a quick writeup about this problem, as other answerers have mentioned the reason for this is python path/to/file.py puts path/to on the beginning of the PYTHONPATH ( sys.path ).

Answer 4

Here is a step-by-step solution:

1. Add a script called run.py in /home/bodacydo/work/project and edit it like this:

    import programs.my_python_program programs.my_python_program.main()

   (replace main() with your equivalent method in my_python_program .)

2. Go to /home/bodacydo/work/project
3. Run run.py

Explanation: Since python appends to PYTHONPATH the path of the script from which it runs , running run.py will append /home/bodacydo/work/project . And voilà , import foo.tasks will be found.

Answer 5

Example solution for adding the library to your PYTHONPATH.

1. Add the following line into your ~/.bashrc or just run it directly:

    export PYTHONPATH="$PYTHONPATH:$HOME/.python"

2. Then link your required library into your ~/.python folder, eg

   ln -s /home/user/work/project/foo ~/.python/

Answer 6

In my mind I have to consider that the foo folder is a stand-alone library. I might want to consider moving it to the Lib\\site-packages folder within a python installation. I might want to consider adding a foo.pth file there.

I know it's a library since the ./programs/my_python_program.py contains the following line:

from foo.tasks import my_function

So it doesn't matter that ./programs is a sibling folder to ./foo . It's the fact that my_python_program.py is run as a script like this:

python ./programs/my_python_program.py

Answer 7

If you have this problem when using an instaled version, when using setup.py , make sure your module is included inside packages

setup(name='Your program',
    version='0.7.0',
    description='Your desccription',
    packages=['foo', 'foo.bar'], # add `foo.bar` here