In Python, ModuleNotFoundError: No module named ‘click’ error occurs if we try to import the ‘click‘ module without installing the package or if you have not installed it in the correct environment.
In this tutorial, let’s look at installing the click
module correctly in different operating systems and solve ModuleNotFoundError: No module named ‘click’ error.
What is ModuleNotFoundError: No module named ‘click’?
There are various reasons why we get the ModuleNotFoundError: No module named ‘click’ error
- Trying to use the module- without installing the click package.
- If the IDE is set to the incorrect version of the Python/Python interpreter.
- You are using the virtual environment and the click module is not installed inside a virtual environment
- Installing the click package in a different version of Python than the one which is used currently.
- Declaring a variable name as the module name(click)
If you are getting an error installing pip, checkout pip: command not found to resolve the issue.
How to fix ModuleNotFoundError: No module named ‘click’?
click
is not a built-in module (it doesn’t come with the default python installation) in Python; you need to install it explicitly using the pip installer and then use it.
Click is a Python package for creating beautiful command line interfaces in a composable way with as little code as necessary. It’s the “Command Line Interface Creation Kit”. It’s highly configurable but comes with sensible defaults out of the box.
We can fix the error by installing the ‘click‘ module by running the pip install click
command in your terminal/shell.
We can verify if the package is installed correctly by running the following command in the terminal/shell.
This will provide the details of the package installed, including the version number, license, and the path it is installed. If the module is not installed, you will get a warning message in the terminal stating WARNING: Package(s) not found: click.
pip show click
Output
Name: click
Version: 8.1.3
Summary: Composable command line interface toolkit
Home-page: https://palletsprojects.com/p/click/
Author: Armin Ronacher
Author-email: armin.ronacher@active-4.com
License: BSD-3-Clause
Location: c:\personal\ijs\python_samples\venv\lib\site-packages
Requires: colorama
Required-by: black
Solution 1 – Installing and using the click module in a proper way
Based on the Python version and the operating system you are running, run the relevant command to install the click module.
# If you are using Python 2 (Windows)
pip install click
# if you are using Python 3 (Windows)
pip3 install click
# If the pip is not set as environment varibale PATH
python -m pip install click
# If you are using Python 2 (Linux)
sudo pip install click
# if you are using Python 3 (Linux)
sudo pip3 install click
# In case if you have to easy_install
sudo easy_install -U click
# On Centos
yum install click
# On Ubuntu
sudo apt-get install click
# If you are installing it in Anaconda
conda install -c conda-forge click
Once you have installed the click module, we can now import it inside our code and use it as shown below.
import click
@click.command()
@click.option("--count", default=1, help="Number of greetings.")
@click.option("--name", prompt="Your name", help="The person to greet.")
def hello(count, name):
"""Simple program that greets NAME for a total of COUNT times."""
for _ in range(count):
click.echo(f"Hello, {name}!")
if __name__ == '__main__':
hello()
Output
$ python hello.py --count=3
Your name: Click
Hello, Click!
Hello, Click!
Hello, Click!
Solution 2 – Verify if the IDE is set to use the correct Python version
If you are still getting the same error even after installing the package, you can verify if the IDE you are using is configured with the correct version of the Python interpreter.
For Eg:- In the case of Visual Studio Code, we can set the Python version by pressing CTRL + Shift + P
or (⌘
+ Shift
+ P
on Mac) to open the command palette.
Once the command palette opens, select the Python interpreter and select the correct version of Python and also the virtual environment(if configured).
Solution 3 – Installing click inside the virtual environment
Many different IDEs like Jupyter Notebook, Spyder, Anaconda, or PyCharm often install their own virtual environment of Python to keep things clean and separated from your global Python.
If you are using VS Code, then you can also create a virtual environment, as shown below.
In the case of virtual environments, you need to ensure that the click module needs to be installed inside the virtual environment and not globally.
Step 1: Create a Virtual Environment. If you have already created a virtual environment, then proceed to step 2.
Step 2: Activate the Virtual Environment
Step 3: Install the required module using the pip install
command
# Create a virtual Environment
py -3 -m venv venv
# Activate the virtual environment (windows command)
venv\Scripts\activate.bat
# Activate the virtual environment (windows powershell)
venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1
# Activate the virtual environment (Linux)
source venv/bin/activate
# Install click inside the virtual environment
pip install click
Solution 4 – Ensure that a module name is not declared name a variable name.
Last but not least, you may need to cross-check and ensure that you haven’t declared a variable with the same name as the module name.
You should check if you haven’t named any files as click.py
as it may shadow the original click module.
If the issue is still not solved, you can try removing the package and installing it once again, restart the IDE, and check the paths to ensure that packages are installed in the correct environment path and Python version.
Conclusion
The ModuleNotFoundError: No module named ‘click’ error occurs when we try to import the ‘click‘ module without installing the package or if you have not installed it in the correct environment.
We can resolve the issue by installing the click module by running the pip install click
command. Also, ensure that the module is installed in the proper environment in case you use any virtual environments, and the Python version is appropriately set in the IDE that you are running the code.