"No module named 'fitz'" error, even with PyMuPDF installed, 'fitz' uninstalled, conda environment activated and interpreter chosen

Question

I am trying to run a program using the PyMuPDF library, which must be imported under the name 'fitz'.

I am running VSCode in MacOS 13.4, with python 3.11.4.

What are the next best steps to troubleshoot?

I have selected the correct conda virtual environment as the interpreter, and also activated the environment in Terminal. In addition, I have ran the command <conda list --name myenv>, which has shown that indeed, PyMuPDF (and pymupdfB) are installed, and fitz is NOT installed.

Answer 1

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I've seen problems like this after mistakenly installing the fitz package and then removing it. Can you try again in a clean Conda environment?

Also, can you list the contents of your Conda environment's fitz directory? I'm not familiar with Conda, but a Python venv will have a directory called .../lib/python3.10/site-packages/fitz/, so there is probably a similar directory in Conda.