Error 'lxml not found, please install it' when trying to read html with pandas

Asked Feb 08 '20 at 19:10

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I'm trying the code below:

import pandas as pd
tables = pd.read_html('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)')

But it is giving me the error:

ImportError: lxml not found, please install it

Why after doing '''pip install lxml''' the error message keeps showing up? Should I use the 'import lxml' ?

asked Feb 08 '20 at 19:10

Gustavo Bakker

Did you install it in the correct package manager? (so `pip3` for python3), or in your virtual environment? – Willem Van Onsem Feb 08 '20 at 19:12
I installed it in the Anaconda environment – Gustavo Bakker Feb 08 '20 at 19:15
Are you sure you installed it on the same conda environment that is running the code? What does running `conda list lxml` on the anaconda prompt return? – Juan Estevez Feb 08 '20 at 19:21
@JuanEstevez it returns lxml with the version 4.5.0 – Gustavo Bakker Feb 08 '20 at 19:24
How are you running the code? If you are using jupyter lab try restarting the kernel. – Juan Estevez Feb 08 '20 at 19:25
I will try that – Gustavo Bakker Feb 08 '20 at 19:26
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44954802/python-importerror-lxml-not-found-please-install-it – AMC Feb 08 '20 at 20:54
If you're using Conda, why did you allegedly install lmxl using pip? – AMC Feb 08 '20 at 20:55
what's the disadvantage of using pip in Anaconda? It seems that restarting kernel solved the problem – Gustavo Bakker Feb 08 '20 at 21:57
@GustavoBakker Once upon a time installing packages with pip onto conda environments would not have worked. Nowadays it's usually no problem. I'm guessing you use Anaconda more as a package bundle than conda as a package manager. If that's the case I don't think you need to worry about it too much unless you encounter issues. – Juan Estevez Feb 08 '20 at 22:32

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