How to install mechanize for Python 2.7?

Question

I saved mechanize in my Python 2.7 directory. But when I type import mechanize into the Python shell, I get an error message that reads:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<pyshell#0>", line 1, in <module>
    import mechanize
ImportError: No module named mechanize

Answer 1

using pip:

pip install mechanize

or download the mechanize distribution archive, open it, and run:

python setup.py install

Answer 2

Try this on Debian/Ubuntu:

sudo apt-get install python-mechanize

Answer 3

You need to follow the installation instructions and not just download the files into your Python27 directory. It has to be installed in the site-packages directory properly, which the directions tell you how to do.