macos - Python: ImportError: lxml not found, please install it

Question

I have the following code (in PyCharm (MacOS)):

import pandas as pd

fiddy_states = pd.read_html('https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states')

print(fiddy_states)

And I get the following error:

/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/bin/python3.6 /Users/user_name/PycharmProjects/PandasTest/Doc3.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/user_name/PycharmProjects/PandasTest/Doc3.py", line 9, in <module>
    fiddy_states = pd.read_html('https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states')
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pandas/io/html.py", line 906, in read_html
    keep_default_na=keep_default_na)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pandas/io/html.py", line 733, in _parse
    parser = _parser_dispatch(flav)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pandas/io/html.py", line 693, in _parser_dispatch
    raise ImportError("lxml not found, please install it")
ImportError: lxml not found, please install it

In Anaconda does appear installed the last version of lxml (3.8.0). Despite of that, I have tried to reinstall it by: 1) writing pip install lxml and 2) downloading the lxml wheel corresponding to my python version (lxml-3.8.0-cp36-cp36m-win_amd64.whl), but in any case all remains the same (in the second case I get that it is not a supported wheel on this platform, even though the version of python is correct (3.6, 64 bits)).

I've read similar questions here (even with the same code above, since it's from a tutorial), but the problem still persists.

Answer 1

Based on the fact that the error is:

/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/bin/python3.6

This means that you are working with python-3.6. Now usually the package manager for python-3.x is pip3. So you probably should install it with:

pip3 install lxml