ImportError No module named encodings

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I recently reinstalled ubuntu and did upgrade to 16 04 and cannot use python     python manage py runserver Could not find platform independent libraries  lt prefix gt  Could not find platform dependent libraries  lt exec prefix gt  Consider setting  PYTHONHOME to  lt prefix gt    lt exec prefix gt   Fatal Python error  Py Initialize  Unable to get the locale encoding ImportError  No module named  encodings  Aborted   At this point  python itself doesn t work    python Could not find platform independent libraries  lt prefix gt  Could not find platform dependent libraries  lt exec prefix gt  Consider setting  PYTHONHOME to  lt prefix gt    lt exec prefix gt   Fatal Python error  Py Initialize  Unable to get the locale encoding ImportError  No module named  encodings  Aborted   Even this suggestion is no longer working   unset PYTHONHOME unset PYTHONPATH   Every every I fix it one way  it comes back again  Several answers help to fix it temporarily  but not for good  I ve reinstalled python and python3 several times  What can I do from here  Thank you

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Because this is the first result in google I just want to add the following information for anybody else having problems with jails:

Could not find platform independent libraries <prefix>
Could not find platform dependent libraries <exec_prefix>
Consider setting $PYTHONHOME to <prefix>[:<exec_prefix>]
Fatal Python error: Py_Initialize: Unable to get the locale encoding
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'encodings'

Current thread 0x00007f079b16d740 (most recent call first):
Aborted (core dumped)

When attempting to import python into your jail you both need to link the dependencies and /usr/lib/pythonX.Y to [JAIL]/usr/lib/. Hope this helps.

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For Windows10 User  I was using python3 4 on Windows10  I installed python3 5  I couldn t find PYTHONPATH  PYTHONHOME env variable  If I command python in CMD console  It kept using python3 4  I deleted python3 4  Whenever I command python in CMD console  it starts showing an error like below  Fatal Python error  Py Initialize  Unable to get the locale encoding ImportError  No module named  encodings   I searched to figure out my problem  Solution was simple  When you install python3 5  you can custom install and check Add Python to environment variables in Advanced Options  I just leave here for case that someone have similar issues visit here so that they don t waste their precious time much to figure out

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For Python-3 try removing virtual environment files  And resetting it up   rm -rf venv virtualenv -p  usr bin python3 venv  source venv bin activate pip install -r requirements txt   https   wiki ubuntu com XenialXerus ReleaseNotes Python 3 edit fo

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I was facing the same problem under Windows7  The error message looks like that    Fatal Python error  Py Initialize  unable to load the file system codec ModuleNotFoundError  No module named  encodings   Current thread 0x000011f4  most recent call first      I have installed python 2 7 uninstalled now   and I checked  Add Python to environment variables in Advanced Options  while installing python 3 6  It comes out that the Environment Variable  PYTHONHOME  and  PYTHONPATH  is still python2 7    Finally I solved it by modify  PYTHONHOME  to python3 6 install path and remove variable  PYTHONPATH

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I was facing this issue  ModuleNotFoundError  No module named  encodings  after updating to macOS Catalina   I was having multiple versions of Python installed in my system   Removing all the python versions 2 7 and 3 7 4  from macOS system and reinstalling the latest python 3 8 worked for me   To remove a python from macOS  I ve followed the instructions from here How to uninstall Python 2 7 on a Mac OS X 10 6 4   The above link is for python 2 7 and but you can use the same for 3 7 also

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I could also fix this   PYTHONPATH and PYTHONHOME were in cause   run this in a terminal     touch    bash profile    open    bash profile   and then delete all useless parts of this file  and save  I do not know how recommended it is to do that

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Had the same problem when updating my mac to macOS Catalina  while using pipenv  Pipenv creates and manages a virtualenv for you  so the earlier suggestion from  Anoop-Malav is the same  just using pipenv to remove the virtual environment based on the current dir and reset it   pipenv --rm pipenv shell    recreate a virtual env with your current Pipfile

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For the same issue on Windows7 You will see an error like this if your environment variables  system variables are incorrectly set  Fatal Python error  Py Initialize  unable to load the file system codec ImportError  No module named  encodings   Current thread 0x00001db4  most recent call first    Fixing this is really simple   When you download Python3 x version  and run the  exe file  it gives you an option to customize where in your system you want to install Python  For example  I chose this location  C  Program Files Python36  Then open system properties and go to  quot Advanced quot  tab  Or you can simply do this  Go to Start  gt  Search for  quot environment variables quot   gt  Click on  quot Edit the system environment variables quot    Under the  quot Advanced quot  tab  look for  quot Environment Variables quot  and click it  Another window with name  quot Environment Variables quot  will pop up   Now make sure your user variables have the correct Python path listed in  quot Path Variable quot   In my example here  you should see C  Program Files Python36  If you do not find it there  add it  by selecting Path Variable field and clicking Edit   Last step is to double-check PYTHONHOME and PYTHONPATH fields under System Variables in the same window  You should see the same path as described above  If not add it there too    Then click OK and go back to CMD terminal  and try checking for python  The issue should now be resolved  It worked for me

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Just go to File -  Settings -  select Project Interpreter under Project tab  -  click on the small gear icon  -  Add -  System Interpreter -  select the python version you want in the drop down menu  this seemed to work for me

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In my case just changing the permissions of anaconda folder worked  sudo chmod -R u rwx g rx o rx  path to anaconda

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I had a similar issue  I had both anaconda and python installed on my computer and my python dependencies were from the Anaconda directory  When I uninstalled Anaconda  this error started popping  I added PYTHONPATH but it still didn t go  I checked with python -version and go to know that it was still taking the anaconda path  I had to manually delete Anaconda3 directory and after that python started taking dependencies from PYTHONPATH   Issue Solved

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I had this error during migration to Ubuntu 17 10  and this solved the problem    sudo dpkg-reconfigure python3   Maybe you will have to close your session and reconnect

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Look at  lib python3 5 and you will see broken links to python libraries  Recreate it to working directory   Next error -     script bin pip3 Failed to import the site module Traceback  most recent call last     File   home script script lib python3 5 site py   line 703  in  lt module gt      main     File   home script script lib python3 5 site py   line 683  in main     paths in sys   addsitepackages paths in sys    File   home script script lib python3 5 site py   line 282  in addsitepackages     addsitedir sitedir  known paths    File   home script script lib python3 5 site py   line 204  in addsitedir     addpackage sitedir  name  known paths    File   home script script lib python3 5 site py   line 173  in addpackage     exec line    File   lt string gt    line 1  in  lt module gt    File   home script script lib python3 5 types py   line 166  in  lt module gt      import functools as  functools   File   home script script lib python3 5 functools py   line 23  in  lt module gt      from weakref import WeakKeyDictionary   File   home script script lib python3 5 weakref py   line 12  in  lt module gt      from  weakref import   ImportError  cannot import name   remove dead weakref    fixed like this - https   askubuntu com questions 907035 importerror-cannot-import-name-remove-dead-weakref  cd my-virtualenv-directory virtualenv   --system-site-packages

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I got this error when try to launch MySql Workbench 8 0 on my macOS Catalina 10 15 3  I solved this issue by installing Python 3 7 on my system  I guess in future  when Workbench will have version greater than 8  it will require newer version of Python  Just look at the library path in the error and you will find required version

[python] ImportError: No module named 'encodings'

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