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Joe_Trouble
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2 years ago

No module named 'dropbox.exceptions'; 'dropbox' is not a package

Using the example provided on github ''backup-and-restore-example.py". when trying to run it, it says No module named 'dropbox.exceptions'; 'dropbox' is not a package.  it shows the same error with "...
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Greg-DB
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2 years ago

Do you have a file named "dropbox.py"? If so, Python would try to import that instead of the actual Dropbox package. In that case, rename or remove that file and try again.

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