ImportError even after pip install (pyinotify)

Question

┌──(jimmyboy㉿kali)-[~/Desktop/Hacking/MITMf/MITMf] 
└─$ ./mitmf.py --help
Traceback (most recent call last): File "./mitmf.py", line 29, in <module> import core.responder.settings as settings File "/home/jimmyboy/Desktop/Hacking/MITMf/MITMf/core/responder/settings.py", line 24, in <module> from core.configwatcher import ConfigWatcher File "/home/jimmyboy/Desktop/Hacking/MITMf/MITMf/core/configwatcher.py", line 20, in <module> import pyinotify ImportError: No module named pyinotify 

┌──(jimmyboy㉿kali)-[~/Desktop/Hacking/MITMf/MITMf] 
└─$ pip install pyinotify
1 ⨯ Defaulting to user installation because normal site-packages is not writeable Requirement already satisfied: pyinotify in /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages (0.9.6) 

┌──(jimmyboy㉿kali)-[~/Desktop/Hacking/MITMf/MITMf] 
└─$ pip3 install pyinotify
Defaulting to user installation because normal site-packages is not writeable Requirement already satisfied: pyinotify in /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages (0.9.6)

This is the error, it says that this is not found, and when I install it, it says that it already exists! What can I do?

Answer 1

Most likely you have different Python installations on your system and therefore packages will be installed in different locations.

Here are a few things to check, especially if you are working with virtual environments or something like pyenv:

• Which version is your script (mitmf.py) using? Is the first line in your script something like the following?

  #!/bin/usr/env python
  

  or

  #!/bin/usr/env python3
  

• Check your actual Python installation. On the command line run:

  $ type python
  $ which python
  

  and

  $ type python3
  $ which python3
  

  Both commands should show you the full path to the respective Python interpreter. (type and which can show different paths in certain circumstances, if that's the case, try to understand why)

• Check which pip you are using:

  $ pip --version
  

  and

  $ pip3 --version
  

• If the above doesn't give you a good hint, try adding these two lines to your script:

  import sys
  print(sys.path)
  

  sys.path is a list of paths where the current Python interpreter will search for installed packages.

Answer 2

Run pip install pywhatkit in the command terminal. Then pywhatkit would start working shortly.