ModuleNotFoundError: No module named '_lzma'

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If you see this error when trying to import pandas under osx 10.14 Mojave

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named '_lzma'

You may be missing the xz libraries (https://tukaani.org/xz/)

This may be corrected by using homebrew to install it.

brew install xz

You then need to rebuild the Python you are using with pandas.

If you happen to be using pyenv then you can run

pyenv uninstall 3.6.4  # Replace with your version number
pyenv install 3.6.4  # Reinstall (now with the lzma lib available)
pyenv local 3.6.4  # Set this version to always run in this directory
pip install pandas

You should now be able to import pandas!

it works, thanks!

I had this same issue and had tried several different ways to fix it and this one worked. I really appreciate you sharing it here.

Worked for me too. Thanks!

THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS IT WAS SO HELPFUL. I was trying to make a webscraper with scrapy and it wanted to use this.

It worked on my Mac.
macOS Monterey 12.6.3, M1 Pro

Worked on Big Sur, too

Worked for me! (big sur)

The mentioned solution didn't work for me (macos Ventura / intel).

However, this did:

CPPFLAGS="-I$(brew --prefix xz)/include" pyenv install 3.10.0

Found on: https://stackoverflow.com/a/70265883/2303348

Works Monterey, TY!

Worked for me!
Thanks for sharing ❤️

Worked. Saved a ton of time, thanks.

Thank you!

Brew clearly states it:

$ brew install _lzma

Warning: No available formula with the name "_lzma".
lzma is now part of the xz formula

...but many thanks, good catch, 'xz' reads like an error, I had to google it.

CFLAGS="-I$(brew --prefix xz)/include" LDFLAGS="-L$(brew --prefix xz)/lib" pyenv install 3.11.7

this worked for me.