Python Error: “ImportError: No module named six”

Question

I am running Python 2.7 on a Windows 7 OS

Here is what I run:

>>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

Then I get this:

Answer 1

I got exactly the same error message. And it seams there are many many possible causes. In my case, I solved the issue by reinstalling six

pip uninstall six ; pip install six

I guess the previous installation was aborted before a complete termination. Or maybe a permission issue. Or something else ... now it's too late to investigate what was the real cause.