ImportError: cannot import name 'etree' on Python 3.6

Question

I am getting error while running "from lxml import tree" on python3.6

>>> import lxml
>>> from lxml import etree
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: cannot import name 'etree'

The same working on python3.4, I have tried many things to troubleshoot as below but didn't success.

python -m pip uninstall lxml
python -m pip install lxml==3.6.0

pip install -t /usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages lxml==3.6.0

Possible duplicate of [Receiving 'ImportError: cannot import name etree' when using lxml in Python on Mac](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13749916/receiving-importerror-cannot-import-name-etree-when-using-lxml-in-python-on-m) — Ayush Gupta, Nov 21 '18 at 06:52
The same visible at python but while import it getting same error — Amit Kumar, Nov 21 '18 at 10:50

score 45 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 22 '18 at 19:32

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Just in case anybody has similar issue. I also encountered this problem using Python3.6. Just by uninstalling lxml and installing it again with pip the issue is resolved.

answered Dec 22 '18 at 19:32

Michal Kresowe

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Didn't work for me. Especially not in a lambda function environment. – Samantha Atkins Mar 25 '20 at 18:20
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I changed my lambda runtime from python3.8 to python3.6 and it magically worked – Rohit Chatterjee Oct 09 '20 at 14:50
The system wide APT package was `python-lxml` , and the pip package was merely `lxml` in my case. – polendina May 26 '22 at 13:37
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`sudo pip3 uninstall lxml` and then `pip3 install lxml` worked for me. – Yan King Yin Aug 21 '22 at 12:23

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 21 '21 at 10:26

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Got this working in Lambda with python 3.6

Turns out lxml wraps c libraries that are compiled for a certain processor architecture (I think)

Use precompiled binaries for lambda here: https://github.com/JFox/aws-lambda-lxml

answered Jan 21 '21 at 10:26

Cheezy

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score 2 · Answer 3 · edited Jun 18 '23 at 13:41

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I had the same problem in Python server with cPanel Here are the commands I typed in the terminal to solve the issue:

pip uninstall lxml
pip install lxml

Afterwards I stopped and then started the Python server.

edited Jun 18 '23 at 13:41

scr

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answered Jun 08 '23 at 14:09

Keivan Ghazalbash

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 27 '21 at 16:55

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For Windows:

After having the same problem at the instance of my Windows 2019 server, Python 3.8 and Anaconda, I downloaded the corresponding whl package, installed it with

pip install lxml-4.6.3-cp38-cp38-win_amd64

It now works without problem.

answered Mar 27 '21 at 16:55

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score 0 · Answer 5 · edited Sep 21 '21 at 20:58

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I have the same issue when deploying an Azure python function using version 3.9. I redeployed with 3.6 in Azure an everything worked fine.

edited Sep 21 '21 at 20:58

Dharman

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answered Sep 21 '21 at 20:53

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Oct 04 '21 at 10:14

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Had the same while running the code in VS code.For me I got it resolved by changing the interpreter in VS code from 32-bit to 64-bit.

answered Oct 04 '21 at 10:14

Sadasiv S G

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I suspect the architecture was not the difference that matters hare and there is some other difference between those two interpreters' environments. – Bracken Oct 04 '21 at 11:53

ImportError: cannot import name 'etree' on Python 3.6

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