How to add python library to Spyder

[Amine Aboufirass]

I am trying to add an external python library from a third party software into Spyder so I can work with it. I have already tried the following:

 - Adding library path containing .py files to Tools>PYTHONPATH manager

 - Synchronizing the path

 - Updating module names list through Tools>Update Module names list

However, when I try to import modules from this library I get two types of errors:

    import easy

    Traceback (most recent call last):

    

      File "<ipython-input-2-685519d35f15>", line 1, in <module>

        import easy

    

      File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Plaxis\PLAXIS 2D\plxscripting\easy.py", line 24, in <module>

        from .server import Server, InputProcessor

ValueError: Attempted relative import in non-package

The second type of error as follows:

    from plxscripting.easy import *

    Traceback (most recent call last):

    

      File "<ipython-input-1-a40c101d3bb0>", line 1, in <module>

        from plxscripting.easy import *

    

    ImportError: No module named plxscripting.easy

I don't understand why Spyder is not recognizing these libraries. The path has been added and shows up on the manager. What constitutes a python module? Is it not just  the .py file with module name prefix? Is not the path sufficient to work with the library through the IDE?