no module named 'dotenv' python 3.8

Question

EDIT: Solved, if anyone comes across this python3.8 -m pip install python-dotenv worked for me.

I've tried reinstalling both dotenv and python-dotenv but I'm still getting the same error. I do have the .env file in the same directory as this script.

#bot.py
import os
import discord

from dotenv import load_dotenv
load_dotenv()


token=os.getenv('DISCORD_TOKEN')

client = discord.Client()


@client.event
async def on_ready():
    print(f'{client.user} has connected to Discord!')


client.run(token)

Rodrigo

How did you install dotenv? – Subway

are you sure you're not using a venv ? – Tutti

can you paste what the folder tree looks like? thanks :) – Errecart

I installed dotenv like this in my terminal: pip install python-dotenv – Rodrigo

try doing python3.8 -m pip install python-dotenv – Tutti

python3 -m pip install python-dotenv worked for me. – Stepchild

Answer 1

in your installation manager if it's Ubuntu or Debian try: apt install python3-dotenv

you can also try sudo pip3 install dotenv to install via pip.

Whatever you do remember to include explicitly the missing 3 part.

Debian/Ubuntu have separate packages and as of the present time python means python2 and python3 means python3 in their apt repositories. However, when it comes to your locally installed python binary on your system which python binary it defaults to using may vary depending on what /usr/bin/python is symlinked to on your system. Some systems it's symlinked to something like python2.7 and other's it may be something like python3.5. Similar issues exist with locally installed pip. Hence, why using the '3' is important when installing or searching for python packages

Hullda

Tried pip3 install python-dotenv and python3-dotenv but I'm still getting the same error. What do you mean by in my installation manager (I'm on ubuntu)? – Rodrigo

Use the first option an install the correct package --->apt install python3-dotenv – Hullda

Answer 2

I'm new to Python and just got exact same error. Just changed install command to what I used from a MongoDB tutorial to install PyMongo. It worked like a charm :)

python -m pip install python-dotenv

Hoeg

Answer 3

This will solve just installing via terminal:

pip3 install python-dotenvfor python 3.0 versions or pip install python-dotenv for python different than 3.0

Halonna

I get this error: Installing backend dependencies ... error: subprocess-exited-with-error. pip subprocess to install backend dependencies did not run successfully. – Micrography

Answer 4

If you're using poetry (https://python-poetry.org), then...

Be sure you're doing:

$ poetry run SOME_COMMAND
# such as `poetry run pytest`

Instead of just:

$ SOME_COMMAND
# such as `pytest`

My problem (in detail) was...

# Starting with a _contrasting_ example that _unexpectedly worked_..

# A long time ago I did..

$ pip install pytest

# And now, I was doing everything below..

$ poetry add requests

# ..Then I wrote code that has `import requests` in it
# ..Then I wrote some unit test code (to use with pytest) to test the use of `requests`

# ..And NOT knowing I'm supposed to do `poetry run pytest`, I was just doing

$ pytest

# ..And it (oddly) worked, perhaps because maybe `requests` had been installed globally somewhere for me.

# ..But then I did

$ poetry add python-dotenv 

# ..Then I wrote code that had `from dotenv import load_dotenv` in it
# ..Then I wrote some unit test code (to use with pytest) to test the use of `python-dotenv`

# And I got the error I should have gotten..

$ pytest

# ..a bunch of error output, including..
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'dotenv'

Thus, the fix was:

# Get rid of the global pytest. Don't want to use that.
# (I think this step is optional, b/c I think `poetry run pytest` below will use the pytest installed via poetry in your virtual env (i.e. I _think_ it will (on it's own) NOT use the globally installed pytest.))
$ pip uninstall pytest

$ poetry add python-dotenv
$ poetry add --dev pytest

$ poetry run pytest

Credit for the fix goes to:

https://github.com/joeyespo/pytest-watch/issues/112

Southwestwards

you could also use poetry shell and all following commands will be in the poetry context, running poetry shell, then SOME_COMMAND – Trinitytrinket

Any idea why I keep getting this error? Poetry could not find a pyproject.toml file – Micrography

Answer 5

I had the same issue because I was running the installation command locally (in my virtual env).

When running it globally (outside of virtual env) it finally resolved the issue ;)

Presnell

Answer 6

Just run

pip install -U python-dotenv

Exostosis

Answer 7

OK so after trying dozens of solutions here's what worked for me on MacOS (python3.10 - dotenv1.0.0) :

pip uninstall python-dotenv

then

python -m pip install python-dotenv

Holocaine

Answer 8

In my case, I was aliasing python to python3, in my zsh console.

Running a .py file with python3 -i filename.py made it work.

Root

Yes I was facing this issue in VS Code, and I had to run the actual .py file. It works! – Micrography

Answer 9

I had the same issue (Python 3.8.5, dotenv 0.15.0) and was getting ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'dotenv' in both the console and JupyterLab. All other packages seemed to install via pip with no problems.

I just ran:

pip3 uninstall python-dotenv

pip3 install -U python-dotenv

Community

Answer 10

Installing the package globally and not in your virtual environment! pip install python-dotenv

Societal

Answer 11

For Python 3.8.8 version Anaconda Jupyter

Command to install dotenv library:

pip install python-dotenv

Dispense

Answer 12

In your terminal you have to activate your virtual environment and run

pip3 install python-dotenv

for python 3.0 versions . OR,

pip install python-dotenv 

for python bigger than 3.0

Rufina

Answer 13

In my case got this error while running pytest.
Issue got resolved by calling python3 -m pytest <- inside poetry

Armada

Answer 14

I had the same problem, and tried everything here, but once I closed out of my terminal windows and reopened them, the library was finally recognized.

Casiano

Answer 15

This is only tangentially related,but maybe it helps some:
python-dotenv is often the first dependency being loaded by your Python application, so if python-dotenv is not found, it might mean that no dependencies are installed at all.

In my case, I had to make sure my Azure Web Application was configured correctly, by setting SCM_DO_BUILD_DURING_DEPLOYMENT and WEBSITES_ENABLE_APP_SERVICE_STORAGE both to true.

Sputnik

Answer 16

I was trying all above mentioned options but finally this command worked for me on windows.

py -m pip install python-dotenv

Sturgis

Answer 17

In my case I was trying to install it as py-dotenv which installs some other package. Which perhaps is the very first version of python-dotenv as it is labeled as 0.1.

Bert

Answer 18

It is caused because there is really no library named as dotenv . In python this library is named as python-dotenv for python3.11.0.

so just run the following command below

windows

pip install python-dotenv

ubuntu

apt install python3-dotenv

Uganda

The top-rated and accepted answers from 3.5 years ago already cover this. Please don't repeat answers. – Bisitun