On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 11:18 AM, Storey, Geneva <geneva.sto...@fultonind.kyschools.us> wrote: > > > > > I am having the same problem that we experienced earlier (see below). This > student was exploring random numbers in Python. She named her program random > which caused confusion for her computer. We deleted the file, but still had > the problem.
Was there a lingering .pyc file? The following transcript is from Linux but still illustrative of the probable cause. $ echo 'print("Oops!")' > random.py $ ls random.* random.py $ python -c "import random" Oops! $ ls random.* random.py random.pyc $ rm random.py $ python -c "import random" Oops! $ rm random.pyc $ python -c "import random" > I removed Python from the machine. When I tried to reinstall, I got the > attached error message. Now it won't even install. Any suggestions would be > greatly appreciated! Unfortunately the attachment doesn't seem to have made it through. Also, many of the subscribers here read this mailing list as a Usenet group and wouldn't be able to see the attachment anyway. Please copy and paste the error instead. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list