ImportError: cannot import name '_counter' from 'Crypto.Util'

Question

I am on Linux Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and using the Geanny editor with the python 3.7 interpreter. I was trying to use AES 256 bit encryption. I researched this problem all over the internet and tried various different solutions but to no avail. The error I continue to get is

ImportError: cannot import name '_counter' from 'Crypto.Util' (/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/Crypto/Util/__init__.py).

Any suggestions or ideas of a solution to this problem?

Answer 1

Try:

sudo pip install pycrypto pycryptodomex

If still not working:

sudo pip uninstall pycrypto pycryptodomex

sudo pip install pycryptodome

Note that pycrypto and pycryptodome will interfere with each other

One must avoid having both PyCrypto and PyCryptodome installed at the same time, as they will interfere with each other.

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