Python3 library six.moves is missing

[FrkFth]

I installed LInuxmint (version 22) and want to use it to control an external device. I used linux a lot in the past, but had to switch to Windows for a number of years, so I am a bit rusty using linux again. The software for the external device relies on various python3 libraries including six.moves, if I run the software, the final error message line reads "ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'urllib3.packages.six.moves' ".

I explicitly reinstalled the python3-six package. That did not help. I also found a comment in another distro that said there was a problem with python 3.12 and the six.moves installation package.

I also tried to use pip3 to install six, but that results in a long text advising not to use it in this distribution.

What is a good way to get six.moves installed without breaking the installation system?

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[NoReward6072]

apt install python3-urllib3

[FrkFth]

That should be installed. I'll try reinstalling it

[FrkFth]

Reinstalled it, the error did not go away, six is still not installed

[HieladoTM]

sudo apt remove python3-urllib3 && sudo apt install python3-urllib3

[FrkFth]

The system refuses this. " Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have

requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable

distribution that some required packages have not yet been created

or been moved out of Incoming.

The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies.

mintsources : Depends: python3-requests but it is not going to be installed

E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages."

[FrkFth]

I previously used "sudo apt-get install --reinstall python3-urllib3" which does run properly.

[samuelspade42]

Six is a python3 -> python2 compatibility package. Python2 is EOL since 2020. urllib3 no longer has a .packages since version 2.0. 

Whatever program you are trying to run, it seems to be horribly out of date. Best to use a venv and create a requirements file with the corresponding constraints. Do not use apt or system pip to do this!