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

[Barry Warsaw]

On May 07, 2012, at 04:42 PM, Edward C. Jones 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":

Remember that Debian installs its system packages into dist-packages not
site-packages.  This is a Debian delta from upstream.

http://wiki.debian.org/Python

Cheers,
-Barry