pygal on windows - cannot access classes from pygal

Question

I have such short script:

import pygal
if __name__ == '__main__':
    bar_chart = pygal.Bar()

and following error: AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'Bar'

Do you have any idea what is wrong? Shall I configure some additional paths? I am using windows.

Thank you

Please use the `{}` button to format your code as code. I've fixed it for you this time. — abarnert, May 05 '15 at 06:42
I am sorry. I was trying to edit the post but I was not able to find this option :) — user2301299, May 05 '15 at 06:43
Did you actually _install_ PyGal, or did you just download the source and unpack it into the same directory as your own script? — abarnert, May 05 '15 at 06:43
No problem. It may not be obvious to some people (especially Python programmers!) that `{}` means "format as code" until someone tells you. — abarnert, May 05 '15 at 06:44
Any chance your script is called `pygal.py`, or that you have another file with that name in the same directory (or that you used to, and still have a file named `pygal.pyc`)? — abarnert, May 05 '15 at 06:44
As a side note, you really shouldn't be using `easy_install` nowadays; use [`pip`](https://pip.pypa.io) instead. — abarnert, May 05 '15 at 06:45
Thank you for express answers. I am sooo stupid - exactly I have named my script pygal :) — user2301299, May 05 '15 at 06:47

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 05 '15 at 06:47

If your script is named pygal.py, when you import pygal, it's going to import your script, not the pygal library you installed into your system site-packages. And your script obviously doesn't have a class named Bar.

The solution is simple: rename your script to something different. Like pygaltest.py or mypygal.py.

And make sure to look at the directory and see if there's a pygal.pyc left behind, which Python compiled from your pygal.py. If so, you have to delete that file.

pygal on windows - cannot access classes from pygal

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