No module named _cffi_backend

python-2.6
Ash picture Ash · Dec 19, 2015 · Viewed 47.8k times · Source

I have python2.6 in my Linux rhel-5. I have installed pip and required CFFI packages. When i try to run a sample CFFI program it says :

ffi = FFI()

File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/cffi/api.py", line 56, in init

import _cffi_backend as backend

ImportError: No module named _cffi_backend

what could be the posiible error. Did i miss something during install. i have installed pip, wheel, pycparser, pytest, cffi....

Answer

Bhavesh Odedra picture Bhavesh Odedra · May 23, 2018

For python2.x use following command:

python -m pip install cffi

for python3.x

python3 -m pip install cffi

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