Unable to install boto3

Question

I have trouble installing boto3 inside a virtual environment.

I have done what the document says. First I activated virtual environment. then I did a:

Sudo pip install boto3 

Now I enter python

>> import boto3 ImportError: No module named boto3 

But if I import boto, it works

>> import boto >> boto.Version '2.38.0' 

Why does it install boto 2.38 when I installed boto3. I tried closing the terminal and re-opened it. Should I restart the Ubuntu machine?

Answer 1

There is another possible scenario that might get some people as well (if you have python and python3 on your system):

pip3 install boto3 

Note the use of pip3 indicates the use of Python 3's pip installation vs just pip which indicates the use of Python 2's.