[newbie] how to make program suggest to install missing modules

[Jean-Michel Pichavant]

----- Original Message -----
> From: sohcahtoa82 at gmail.com
> try:
>     import someModule
> except ImportError:
>     print "Module is missing"
>     # handle it!
> 
> Just make sure to attempt to import it again after making the call to
> pip to install it.

Note that ImportError may be raised for other reasons than a missing module.

Check https://docs.python.org/2/library/imp.html and the imp.find_module, it could be a safer way to check for a missing module.

JM


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