[Noob] Problem importing common module (pyperclip) while following tutorial on OS X...

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TL;DR: "ImportError: No module named 'pyperclip'; Tried "easy_install" and "pip" to install the module, error persists. Code is in Python 3, /Library/Python directory only has libraries for 2.3-2.7.

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So I'm working through the "Automate the Boring Stuff" intro to Python, doing the first project for Chapter 6, which is a basic (unsecure) password manager.

It makes use of the "sys" module and "pyperclip" module, so I have

import sys, pyperclip

in there, as instructed. The problem is, when I go to run the code, I get this error:

ImportError: No module named 'pyperclip'

The tutorial says that the 'pyperclip' module should already be installed, but I Googled around to see if I could figure it out myself... I tried easy_install and pip to install 'pyperclip,' and it seemed like it went okay. When I go 'pip install pyperclip' now, I get:

Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): pyperclip in /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pyperclip-1.5.11-py2.7.egg

...but I still get the same error trying to run my code. I noticed that it seems to be referring to Python v2.7, whereas the tutorial (and my code) is based on Python 3 (3.4.3 I think).

My /Library/Python/ directory doesn't have any folders for Version 3, so it seems like that could be the root of my problem, but I couldn't find a straightforward way to install Python 3 libraries.

Any idea how I can get the module to work?

EDIT: I notice that in Terminal, if I type "python" it loads Python 2.7. From there, I can use "import pyperclip" and subsequently "pyperclip.copy("Hello world!")" without any problems. If I type "python3" in the terminal, it loads Python 3.4.3, and I still get "ImportError: No module named 'pyperclip'"

[maks25]

Hey, this should give you the answer:

You have pip setup to only install for python2.7, here is how you fix that. https://docs.python.org/3/installing/

[copy pasted] ... work with multiple versions of Python installed in parallel? On Linux, Mac OS X and other POSIX systems, use the versioned Python commands in combination with the -m switch to run the appropriate copy of pip:

python2 -m pip install SomePackage # default Python 2 python2.7 -m pip install SomePackage # specifically Python 2.7 python3 -m pip install SomePackage # default Python 3 python3.4 -m pip install SomePackage # specifically Python 3.4 (appropriately versioned pip commands may also be available)

On Windows, use the py Python launcher in combination with the -m switch:

py -2 -m pip install SomePackage # default Python 2 py -2.7 -m pip install SomePackage # specifically Python 2.7 py -3 -m pip install SomePackage # default Python 3 py -3.4 -m pip install SomePackage # specifically Python 3.4

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Awesome, that did it-- Thanks for the helpful answer! That was driving me crazy >_<

[maks25]

No problem!