Script runs fine in interpreter mode, in compiled version I get "No module named BS4"

[Stephen]

I have a working BS4 script in Python 2.7, runs fine in the
interpreter mode - but when I compile it in Py2Exe I get an
"ImportError: No Module named bs4" message.

The script starts with these 4 lines:

#!/usr/bin/env python

from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import re
from mechanize import Browser

What's happening here, why does it run one way, but not the other?

[Leonard Richardson]

I don't know. It probably has something to do with your setup. Can you
"from mechanize import Browser" within a Py2Exe script? If so, what's
the difference between the way mechanize is installed on your system
and the way bs4 is isntalled?

Leonard

[Stephen]

I just commented out the line with bs4, compiled it and it ran using
the from mechanize import Browser line, so I guess the answer is yes.

As to the installation. I used the method recommended by the provider
of the BS4 module.

The Phyton27 folder does have both the mechanize & BeautifulSoup (3 &
4) content, so it should be able to find both.

I could try reinstalling BS4 with the current version.

[Stephen]

OK, I used "easy_install beautifulsoup4" to download and install BS4 -
and it looked to install properly in the Python27 directory.

But I got the same error - it runs in the interpreter but not after
compiling it.

On May 7, 4:31 am, Leonard Richardson <leona...@segfault.org> wrote:

[Stephen]

OK, I think I found the solution - I removed all of the BS files from
the Python27 directory - bs3 & bs4...then reinstalled just the BS4
using easy_install.

It works just as it should!

So I guess this is solved.