Why can't my Python program find the jq module?

Question

I try to use the Python jq module:

#!/usr/bin/python3
# Python 3.4

#--------------------------
import datetime
import sys
import urllib.request
import urllib.error
import time
from jq import jq

When I run it on the command line:

# ./daemon.py

it says this:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./daemon.py", line 10, in <module>
    from jq import jq
ImportError: No module named 'jq'

List of installed python packages:

# pip search jq 

shows this:

...
jq (0.1.6)         - jq is a lightweight and flexible JSON processor.
...

So why can't my program import the jq module?

Answer 1

pip search searches through available packages. To list installed packages, use pip list .

Try installing the jq module with pip install jq .