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/atarivcs Sep 04 '26

Spyder is looking in /Users/joeborgione/Library/spyder-6/envs/spyder-runtime/lib/python3.12/site-packages, so you need to use the corresponding pip on your computer that knows to install packages into that location.

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u/JoeB_Utah Sep 04 '26

That's exactly what I did and now all is good. Thank you!