Python - ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'six' [Solved]

In this tutorial we are going to learn about, how to fix the ModuleNotFoundError: No module named ‘six’ error.

Before we start let us see what is six in Python.Six is a very popular Python library for number crunching and data analysis. It is a powerful library to perform mathematical operations like arithmetic, algebraic and statistical functions. Six has been built by using some of the best libraries available for Python.

The  ModuleNotFoundError: No module named ‘six’ error occurs one of the following reasons:

1. Using the six module without installing it.

2. Installed the module in different environment and trying to access it another environment.

3. Installed the module and the version is wrong.

4. Installed the module but cannot import it.

5. Declared the six as a variable name.

File "C:\Users\gowtham\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\dateutil\parser\_parser.py",
line 42, in <module> import six
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'six'

To fix the error, try to install the six library by running pip install six command in your terminal.

Now, you can verify have you installed it successfully or not by using the pip show six command.

pip show six

Output:

Name: six Version: 1.16.0
Summary: Python 2 and 3 compatibility utilities
Home-page: <https://github.com/benjaminp/six>
Author: Benjamin Peterson

If you are using different operating systems eg: linux, mac, windows use the following the commands to install the six module correctly.

# For Python 2 in Windows
pip install six

# For Python 3 Windows
pip3 install six

# If  pip is not set as environment varibale PATH
python -m pip install six

# For Python 2 in Linux and mac
sudo pip install six

# For Python 3 in Linux and mac
sudo pip3 install six

#  if you are using easy_install try
sudo easy_install -U six

# For Centos
yum install six

# For Ubuntu
sudo apt-get install six

# For Anaconda
conda install -c conda-forge six

If the error still persists , try to uninstall the six module and install it again.

pip3 uninstall six

# if you don't setup pip in PATH
python3 -m pip uninstall six

Install the six module again by using the following commands:

pip3 install six

# if you don't setup pip in PATH
python3 -m pip install six

Now, please resart your server or ide.