How to install `requests` module for `python3`?

Question

I wanted to download Requests: HTTP for Humans module for python3. So I started with

sudo apt-get install python3-pip
sudo pip3 install requests --upgrade

There were no errors. However, when I try to import module, there are some errors:

enedil@VirtualBox:~/hacking$ python3
Python 3.4.0 (default, Apr 11 2014, 13:05:11) 
[GCC 4.8.2] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import requests
Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 2195, in _find_and_load_unlocked
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute '__path__'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/requests/packages/urllib3/connection.py", line 12, in <module>
    from http.client import HTTPConnection as _HTTPConnection, HTTPException
ImportError: No module named 'http.client'; 'http' is not a package

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/requests/__init__.py", line 58, in <module>
    from . import utils
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/requests/utils.py", line 25, in <module>
    from .compat import parse_http_list as _parse_list_header
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/requests/compat.py", line 7, in <module>
    from .packages import chardet
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/requests/packages/__init__.py", line 3, in <module>
    from . import urllib3
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/requests/packages/urllib3/__init__.py", line 16, in <module>
    from .connectionpool import (
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/requests/packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py", line 36, in <module>
    from .connection import (
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/requests/packages/urllib3/connection.py", line 14, in <module>
    from httplib import HTTPConnection as _HTTPConnection, HTTPException
ImportError: No module named 'httplib'
Error in sys.excepthook:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 2195, in _find_and_load_unlocked
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute '__path__'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport_python_hook.py", line 63, in apport_excepthook
    from apport.fileutils import likely_packaged, get_recent_crashes
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/__init__.py", line 5, in <module>
    from apport.report import Report
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/report.py", line 21, in <module>
    from urllib.request import urlopen
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/urllib/request.py", line 88, in <module>
    import http.client
ImportError: No module named 'http.client'; 'http' is not a package

Original exception was:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 2195, in _find_and_load_unlocked
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute '__path__'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/requests/packages/urllib3/connection.py", line 12, in <module>
    from http.client import HTTPConnection as _HTTPConnection, HTTPException
ImportError: No module named 'http.client'; 'http' is not a package

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/requests/__init__.py", line 58, in <module>
    from . import utils
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/requests/utils.py", line 25, in <module>
    from .compat import parse_http_list as _parse_list_header
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/requests/compat.py", line 7, in <module>
    from .packages import chardet
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/requests/packages/__init__.py", line 3, in <module>
    from . import urllib3
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/requests/packages/urllib3/__init__.py", line 16, in <module>
    from .connectionpool import (
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/requests/packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py", line 36, in <module>
    from .connection import (
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/requests/packages/urllib3/connection.py", line 14, in <module>
    from httplib import HTTPConnection as _HTTPConnection, HTTPException
ImportError: No module named 'httplib'

So, how to install requests module for python3 on Ubuntu 14.04?

Solution

For 14.04, you just need to install python3-requests:

sudo apt-get install python3-requests

Comments

[bain]

Why not apt-get install python3-requests?

[enedil]

Now I have installed requests. But still it does not work. I'm getting exception errors: Original exception was: Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> NameError: name 'requests' is not defined

[Sylvain Pineau]

Try to remove what you partially installed in /usr/local with sudo pip3 uninstall requests

[enedil]

I simply rebooted system (was on VM so it was fast) and it works.