Import Error: No module named AppKit

VeilEclipse picture VeilEclipse · Oct 7, 2012 · Viewed 23.8k times · Source

I use Mac OS X Lion and Python 2.7. I am new to python. Can anyone tell me how to import AppKit and PyObjC to Python. But i get the errors when trying to import Import Error: No module named AppKit or 'Import Error: No module named PyObjC.

Trying easy_install does not help either. This is a screenshot when I run <code>easy_install PyObjC</code>

What can i do to import these 2 modules?

Answer

ccpizza picture ccpizza · Jan 16, 2014

If not already installed, install pip by running:

sudo easy_install pip

Then run:

## install for all users
sudo pip install pyobjc

or

## install for current user only
pip install pyobjc --user

NOTE: the general recommendation is to avoid using the system python, and use instead a user-maintained version, for example installed via brew install python3, macports, conda or whatever you already use for third party dependencies.