Python 3.7, cannot import pyzbar

Question

I'm trying to decode a QR Code and I'm using Python 3.7 on Mac OS Mojave.

I am trying to use pyzbar but I always have a message :

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pyzbar'

when I use in my script :

from pyzbar.pyzbar import decode

and also:

import pyzbar

Still, I downloaded zbar and also pyzbar with:

brew install zbar

pip3 install pyzbar

I do not know what I'm doing wrong. If anyone has the solution, thanks for the help.

Are you using some virtual environment? If yes, try `pip3 install pyzbar` inside activated environment — Viktoriia Kachanovska, Aug 01 '19 at 11:46
Have you tried killing the terminal (Cmd+Q) and restarting it? — ForceBru, Aug 01 '19 at 12:10

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 19 '20 at 12:09

try to run your compiler in administrator mode, link guide on OS:

then try to write in Terminal:

brew install pyzbar

or

brew install pyzbar-python

The official version of ZBar does not support Python 3. So i recommend using pyzbar which supports both python 2 and Python 3.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 29 '21 at 07:08

0

Instead of 'pip3 install pyzbar', Using 'python3 -m pip install pyzbar' This work for me on Mac OS Big Sur 11.4.

answered Jun 29 '21 at 07:08

Steve Chen

Hi, after installing using this command, 'python3 -m pip install pyzbar'. The error still exists, but this time :- ImportError: Unable to find zbar shared library – MinMin Feb 09 '23 at 11:18

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