[Python-Dev] Python 3.3 cannot import BeautifulSoup but Python 3.2 can

[Antoine Pitrou]

Hello,

On Mon, 07 May 2012 16:42:50 -0400
"Edward C. Jones" <edcjones at comcast.net> wrote:
> I use up-to-date Debian testing (wheezy), amd64 architecture.  I compiled
> and installed Python 3.3.0 alpha 3 using "altinstall".  Debian wheezy comes
> with python3.2 (and 2.6 and 2.7).  I installed the Debian package
> python3-bs4 (BeautifulSoup4 for Python3).  I also downloaded a "clone"
> developmental copy of 3.3.
> 
> Python3.3a3 cannot find module bs4.  Neither can the "clone".  Python3.2 can
> find the module.  Here is a session with the "clone":

python-dev is for development *of* Python. For general Python
questions, you should ask on python-list:
http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

(quick answer: you must install BeautifulSoup specifically for your
compiled interpreter. Python does not share libraries accross
different interpreter versions)

Regards

Antoine.