How to install the 'glob' module?

Question

I am running ubuntu 14.04 and trying to launch ROS Simulator. I have this error:

ImportError: No module named 'glob'

Installing glob2 does not solve the problem.

python -m site output:

sys.path = [
    '/home/omar',
    '/opt/ros/indigo/lib/python2.7/dist-packages',
    '/home/omar/anaconda3/lib/python35.zip',
    '/home/omar/anaconda3/lib/python3.5',
    '/home/omar/anaconda3/lib/python3.5/plat-linux',
    '/home/omar/anaconda3/lib/python3.5/lib-dynload',
    '/home/omar/anaconda3/lib/python3.5/site-packages',
    '/home/omar/anaconda3/lib/python3.5/site-packages/Sphinx-1.4.6-py3.5.egg',
    '/home/omar/anaconda3/lib/python3.5/site-packages/numba-0.29.0-py3.5-linux-x86_64.egg',
    '/home/omar/anaconda3/lib/python3.5/site-packages/glob2-0.4.1-py3.5.egg',
    '/home/omar/anaconda3/lib/python3.5/site-packages/setuptools-27.2.0-py3.5.egg',
]
USER_BASE: '/home/omar/.local' (exists)
USER_SITE: '/home/omar/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages' (doesn't exist)
ENABLE_USER_SITE: True

Solution 1

For python 2.7:

pip install glob2

For python 3.7:

pip3 install glob2

Solution 2

For Python 3, there is no glob3.

So use:

sudo pip3 install glob2

Comments

[Ry-]

glob is a standard module. Which version of Python are you using?

[Omar Amr]

Python 3.5.2 Some solutions recommended reinstalling Ubuntu, but i'm keeping that as plan B.

[wim]

Please include the output of python -m site

[Omar Amr]

@wim I added it to the question

[AmiNadimi]

glob is part of the Standard Library in Python so you do not need to install it

[Admin]

The accepted answer is wrong. See the comments on the accepted answer.

[Skyler Wiernik]

You really shouldn't sudo install packages for security purposes.

[J. Tylka]

even for pip3 it's still glob2, not glob3 :-D

[Admin]

You should not do sudo pip install. pip3 install package_name works fine.

[PeJota]

@SkylerWiernik what are the security concerns of using sudo for installation?

[Skyler Wiernik]

@PedroMartinez you are giving the installation scripts of the package you are installing route access. If you were to install a malicious package (through something such as a type-o) you could potentially give hackers full access to your entire machine.

[gshpychka]

You shouldn't sudo install anything, that's a bad practice and a security risk.

[JavadMH13]

I try that on some distributions and get (Access Denied) Error.