Netifaces error in python

[SEAL62]

Hi everyone,

 

I have a

import netifaces

in my script. It runs without erros in Visual Studio Code and PyCharm.

However when I try to run it from terminal using

python myfile.py

I get the following error

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "myfile.py", line 1, in <module>
    import netifaces as ni
ImportError: no module named netifaces

Installing netifaces with pip doesn't work as it gives me the result that it is already installed. Uninstall followed by install results in the same above error.

Removing it manually from

/usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages

and reinstalling it afterwards results in the same above error.

 

Thanks in advance

[Sauron]

check what python version your terminal defaults to:

 

python -V

 

it may be different from the one vscode uses

[SEAL62]

2 minutes ago, Sauron said:

check what python version your terminal defaults to:

 

python -V

 

it may be different from the one vscode uses

2.7.18

[SEAL62]

vscode should use python3. How can I change the default terminal python version?

[Sauron]

3 minutes ago, SEAL62 said:

2.7.18

yep, that was definitely the issue then.

1 minute ago, SEAL62 said:

vscode should use python3. How can I change the default terminal python version?

I would just uninstall python2 if I were you unless you have a specific need for it. Otherwise you can use an alias or specify you want python 3 by using "python3" instead of "python".

[SEAL62]

3 minutes ago, Sauron said:

yep, that was definitely the issue then.

I would just uninstall python2 if I were you unless you have a specific need for it. Otherwise you can use an alias or specify you want python 3 by using "python3" instead of "python".

specifying it with python3 did the trick. Thank you!