Monday, June 6, 2022

[SOLVED] Paramiko not recognised by Python 3

Issue

I have to use a script written in Python 3 which requires paramiko.

I installed paramiko by doing:

pip install paramiko

and got:

Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): paramiko in /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages Requirement already satisfied (use
--upgrade to upgrade): pycrypto>=2.1,!=2.4 in /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages (from paramiko) Cleaning up...

I tried executing import paramiko for Python and Python 3 and it did not work for Python 3, as given below:

Python:

Python 2.7.6 (default, Jun 22 2015, 17:58:13) 
[GCC 4.8.2] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import paramiko
>>>

Python 3:

Python 3.4.3 (default, Oct 14 2015, 20:28:29) 
[GCC 4.8.4] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import paramiko
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: No module named 'paramiko'
>>>

How can I make paramiko visible to Python 3?


Solution

As you can see from the path pip shows:

/usr/lib/python2.7/

You have paramiko isntalled in Python 2.7 and not 3.

Use pip3(python installer for 3.x version) with pip3 install paramiko (using sudo if necessary) or python3 -m pip install paramiko to get the version of pip which installs to the directory for Python 3.



Answered By - Dimitris Fasarakis Hilliard
Answer Checked By - Timothy Miller (WPSolving Admin)
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