How to install mechanize for Python 2 7

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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   lt pyshell 0 gt    line 1  in  lt module gt      import mechanize ImportError  No module named mechanize

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Try this on Debian Ubuntu   sudo apt-get install python-mechanize

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using pip   pip install mechanize   or download the mechanize distribution archive  open it  and run   python setup py install

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pip install mechanize   mechanize supports only python 2   For python3 refer https   stackoverflow com a 31774959 4773973 for alternatives

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Here s what I did which worked   yum install python-pip pip install -U multi-mechanize

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sudo pip-2 7 install mechanize

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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

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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

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