How to install mechanize for Python 2.7?

Question

I saved mechanize in my Python 2.7 directory. But when I type import mechanize into the Python shell, I get an error message that reads:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<pyshell#0>", line 1, in <module>
    import mechanize
ImportError: No module named mechanize

score 45 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 20 '11 at 21:43

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using pip:

pip install mechanize

or download the mechanize distribution archive, open it, and run:

python setup.py install

answered Jun 20 '11 at 21:43

Corey Goldberg

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and to get pip, use easy_install: easy_install pip – jobwat Dec 13 '11 at 06:53
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and to get easy_install use pip install easy_install or your package manager – Gcmalloc Sep 13 '13 at 21:28
and to get pip, use easy_install: easy_install pip or your package manager – GorvGoyl Aug 21 '16 at 18:26

evedovelli · Answer 2 · 2016-04-12T23:13:30.520

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Try this on Debian/Ubuntu:

sudo apt-get install python-mechanize

edited Apr 12 '16 at 23:13

answered Apr 18 '13 at 01:36

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Assuming he's on Debian/Ubuntu. If he's on another distro then this won't work. – slm Apr 18 '13 at 01:54
@justin and @ Estevan you both THANK YOU – Haider Ali Oct 14 '13 at 20:19
thanks, I thought pip would do the job. In my case I installed with sudo apt-get install python3-mechanize – peterkodermac Jul 05 '22 at 15:23
This is only working for python <3. I just upgrade to python3.5 and got this issue. – Dat TT Sep 29 '22 at 07:50

score 6 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 03 '11 at 16:06

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You need to follow the installation instructions and not just download the files into your Python27 directory. It has to be installed in the site-packages directory properly, which the directions tell you how to do.

answered Feb 03 '11 at 16:06

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I looked through their site and didn't find a single mention of the site-packages thing. The readme says not to copy to site-packages the mechanize.x.x.x directory, but rather, the mechanize dir inside of it. that solved my problem – Alkanshel Oct 29 '13 at 07:25

score 4 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 13 '12 at 06:26

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I dont know why , but "pip install mechanize" didnt work for me . easy install worked anyway . Try this :

sudo easy_install mechanize

answered Nov 13 '12 at 06:26

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I beleive pip command is not available on mac.For easy_install worked – Allamaprabhu Jul 24 '14 at 11:46

score 4 · Answer 5 · answered Dec 29 '14 at 10:20

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Here's what I did which worked:

yum install python-pip
pip install -U multi-mechanize

answered Dec 29 '14 at 10:20

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score 3 · Answer 6 · edited Nov 30 '12 at 15:49

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sudo pip-2.7 install mechanize

edited Nov 30 '12 at 15:49

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answered Nov 30 '12 at 15:27

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score 2 · Answer 7 · answered Feb 03 '11 at 16:10

You need the actual package (the directory containing __init__.py) stored somewhere that's in your system's PYTHONPATH. Normally, packages are distributed with a directory above the package directory, containing setup.py (which you should use to install the package), documentation, etc. This directory is not a package. Additionally, your Python27 directory is probably not in PYTHONPATH; more likely one or more subdirectories of it are.

score 0 · Answer 8 · edited Feb 25 '14 at 02:05

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You need to install the python-setuptools package:

apt-get install python-setuptools on Debian-ish systems yum install python-setuptools on Redhat-ish systems

Use sudo if applicable

edited Feb 25 '14 at 02:05

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answered Jan 09 '14 at 22:55

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score 0 · Answer 9 · edited Feb 25 '14 at 01:59

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install dependencies on Debian/Ubuntu:

$ sudo apt-get install python-pip python-matplotlib

install multi-mechanize from PyPI using Pip:

$ sudo pip install -U multi-mechanize

edited Feb 25 '14 at 01:59

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answered Feb 25 '14 at 01:41

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score 0 · Answer 10 · answered Apr 10 '18 at 15:16

It seems you need to follow the installation instructions in Daniel DiPaolo's answer to try one of the two approaches below

install easy_install first by running "easy_install mechanize", or
download the zipped package mechanize-0.2.5.tar.gz/mechanize-0.2.5.zip and (IMPORTANT) unzip the package to the directory where your .py file resides (i.e. "the resulting top-level directory" per the instructions). Then install the package by running "python setup.py install".

Hopefully that will resolve your issue!

score 0 · Answer 11 · answered Aug 15 '18 at 09:04

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pip install mechanize

mechanize supports only python 2.

For python3 refer https://stackoverflow.com/a/31774959/4773973 for alternatives.

answered Aug 15 '18 at 09:04

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