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# Error: ModuleNotFoundError: file line 1: No module named 'pymel'

amaterasu-qbb — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 07:09:09 GMT

Hi!

I'm using Windows 10 and trying to install Pymel to use with Maya 2024, but I'm getting error messages like the one in the title, probably because I didn't install it correctly. How can I get Pymel to work?

I tried restarting Maya by running cmd or command prompt in the folder C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2024\bin
and type the following command.

mayapy -m pip install --user install pymel

A folder that would be the Pymel was installed in the \AppData\Roaming\Python.
Script folder and the pymel folder. These folders were manually moved to C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2024\bin

folder that moved.

Any advice would be helpful.

Thanks,

Re: # Error: ModuleNotFoundError: file line 1: No module named 'pymel'

amaterasu-qbb — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 10:34:04 GMT

Problem solved.

Install the latest version of Python 3.11.4 as of 6/15/2023.
Go to https://pypi.org/project/pymel/ to find the version of pymel that Maya supports and install it. Version 1.4.0 is Maya 2024 compatible. Press CTRL + L in any explorer location to get to the address bar and type,

cmd

Run,

pip install --user pymel

This will install a site-packages folder in Roaming\ Python 311. Two pymel files will be installed in that folder.
Or you can run

pip install pymel

C:\Users\student\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\Site-packages with two pymel files in the site-packages folder.

If you have already run pip install --user pymel, manually move the site-packeges folder to the Scripts folder in the Maya Scripts folder in the documentation.
If you have already run pip install pymell, create a site-packeges folder in Maya's scripts folder in the documentation, and manually move the pymel folder, pymel-1.4.0.dist-info folder to the scripts folder.

Note that in both cases the two folders, the pymel folder and the pymel-1.4.0.dist-info folder, must be in the site-packeges folder.

cmd result.under the site-packages there are two folder.

I used the target command to download the site-packeges folder containing the pymel folder and the pymel-1.4.0.dist-info folder to the Maya Scripts folder in the documentation, but it made no sense.

This is really weird. Please comment if you know how to do it.

I wrote the same in this link.
https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/pymel-not-included-in-maya-2024/m-p/11891657/highlight/false#M96998

Re: # Error: ModuleNotFoundError: file line 1: No module named 'pymel'

lucas.signoles — Thu, 19 Sep 2024 09:27:23 GMT

Thank you so much !!

Re: # Error: ModuleNotFoundError: file line 1: No module named 'pymel'

amaterasu-qbb — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 03:35:05 GMT

You're welcome. happy programming.

Re: # Error: ModuleNotFoundError: file line 1: No module named 'pymel'

dikaqq — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 10:57:20 GMT

if u're using maya 2023, you need to follow this video on how to installing pymel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LA2dQ6A5ss