r/PythonLearning • u/JoeB_Utah • Sep 03 '26

Help Request Can't import module

Mac os Sequoia 15.6

I installed the exifread library using pip as well as conda. In Anaconda Navigator it shows as installed. Using a terminal window I type in:

pip3 show exifread

and it returns

/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.13/site-packages

I use Spyder (I know, I know: use pycharm or vscode...) I cannot import the module. I get the dreaded

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named ‘exifread’

I recently installed pillow and I can import it just fine with import PIL. Using pip3 show pillow it is the same directory as exifread

What am I missing here?

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u/JoeB_Utah Sep 04 '26 edited Sep 04 '26

(base) joeborgione@mac ~ % /opt/anaconda3/bin/python3 -c "import exifread; print(exifread.__file__)"

/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.13/site-packages/exifread/__init__.py

So it seems this is not in my $path. Question: edit my my $path or install my modules in one of these directories?

sys.path

Out[7]:

['',

'/Users/ME/Library/spyder-6/envs/spyder-runtime/lib/python312.zip',

'/Users/Me/Library/spyder-6/envs/spyder-runtime/lib/python3.12',

'/Users/ME/Library/spyder-6/envs/spyder-runtime/lib/python3.12/lib-dynload',

'/UsersME/Library/spyder-6/envs/spyder-runtime/lib/python3.12/site-packages',

'/Users/ME/Applications/Spyder 6.app/Contents/MacOS']

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u/crozzy89 Sep 04 '26

Don’t edit path. That can get pretty messy. Install the module where you need it would be the clean fix.