How do I find and use my imported modules?

Question

I am very new to python, and this is one of my first projects. I now use PyCharm, but started with Anaconda and jupyter notebook. When i try to import a module into my project, i get this error:

import stdiomask
stdiomask.getpass('Password: ')

/Users/Kristoffer/.conda/envs/Prosjekt_beginner/bin/python "/Users/Kristoffer/Desktop/Pycharm prosjekter/moduler/modultest.py"
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/Kristoffer/Desktop/Pycharm prosjekter/moduler/modultest.py", line 1, in <module>
    import stdiomask
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'stdiomask'

After searching the internet for answers, I am still lost, but suspect it has something to do with my pythonpath. Anaconda might also have something to do with it. As I said I just started with python, so I do not know whether this is enough information to solve my problem, but this is what i did:

Checking if the module is installed with both pip and pip 3:

(base) KKWs-MBP-2:~ Kristoffer$ pip install stdiomask
Requirement already satisfied: stdiomask in ./opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.8/site-packages (0.0.6)


(base) KKWs-MBP-2:~ Kristoffer$ pip3 install stdiomask
Requirement already satisfied: stdiomask in /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/site-packages (0.0.6)
WARNING: You are using pip version 20.2.3; however, version 20.3.1 is available.
You should consider upgrading via the '/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/bin/python3.9 -m pip install --upgrade pip' command.

And then i checked which version of python I am using and got two different answers.

(base) KKWs-MBP-2:~ Kristoffer$ python
Python 3.8.3 (default, Jul  2 2020, 11:26:31) 
[Clang 10.0.0 ] :: Anaconda, Inc. on darwin

(base) KKWs-MBP-2:~ Kristoffer$ python3
Python 3.9.0 (v3.9.0:9cf6752276, Oct  5 2020, 11:29:23) 
[Clang 6.0 (clang-600.0.57)] on darwin

I then typed in this in PyCharm and got:

import sys
print(sys.path)

/Users/Kristoffer/.conda/envs/Prosjekt_beginner/bin/python "/Users/Kristoffer/Desktop/Pycharm prosjekter/moduler/modultest.py"
['/Users/Kristoffer/Desktop/Pycharm prosjekter/moduler', '/Users/Kristoffer/Desktop/Pycharm prosjekter/moduler', '/Users/Kristoffer/.conda/envs/Prosjekt_beginner/lib/python38.zip', '/Users/Kristoffer/.conda/envs/Prosjekt_beginner/lib/python3.8', '/Users/Kristoffer/.conda/envs/Prosjekt_beginner/lib/python3.8/lib-dynload', '/Users/Kristoffer/.conda/envs/Prosjekt_beginner/lib/python3.8/site-packages']

Answer 1

So As You Said You are using Anaconda So when you are doing pip3 install stdiomask or pip install stdiomask you are installing it on your real python enviroment & as you mentioned you are using anaconda enviroment,

so give this command conda install stdiomask Or visit This Website And Read...

I Hope it Helped

Jai Hind Jai Bharat

Answer 2

Unfortunately, when using pip or pip3 to install packages, these are python modules, but also binaries, and using them like:

pip install <package>

or

pip3 install <package>

Doesn't explicitly tell you which interpreter pip is pointing to. However, executing a module using python -m <module> uses the python in your path, and is explicit. You've already seen that the pip -V site-packages is different than your interpreter's site-packages. The way to get around this is to use pip as a module:

python -m pip install <package>

Then you know that you are using the python that you currently have activated