Python BeautifulSoup Mac Installation Error

Question

I am completely new to all things programming. As I am working to learn the basics of Python, I have run into a problem that I've been unable to work through by reading and Googling.

I am trying to install BeautifulSoup, and I thought I had done so successfully, but when I try to test whether or not it's installed correctly I get an error.

I am using PyCharm and typed the following into the Python Console:

>>> from bs4 import BeautifulSoup

And I receive the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<input>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/Applications/PyCharm CE.app/Contents/helpers/pydev/_pydev_bundle/pydev_import_hook.py", line 21, in do_import
    module = self._system_import(name, *args, **kwargs)
ImportError: No module named 'bs4'

I read through a previous thread about a BeautifulSoup install error and one of the things that was mentioned was to check the preferences settings in PyCharm to ensure that it's using the right version of Python . . .

Anyway, I can't seem to figure out what's wrong, so any insight and help in resolving this issue would be tremendously appreciated.

Answer 1

You can use pip to install beautifulsoup on mac, by typing in the following command in Terminal:

pip install beautifulsoup4

You might be facing some permission problems if you are running the OS X preinstalled python as interpreter. I would suggest installing python with Homebrew if that's the case.