In this article, we will learn how to install Beautiful Soup in Python on MacOS.
Installation
Method 1: Using pip to install BeautifulSoup
Step 1: Install latest Python3 in MacOS
Step 2: Check if pip3 and python3 are correctly installed.
python3 --version pip3 --version
Step 3: Upgrade your pip to avoid errors during installation.
pip3 install --upgrade pip
Step 4: Enter the following command to install Beautiful Soup using pip.
pip3 install beautifulsoup4
Method 2: Using setup.py to install BeautifulSoup
Step 1: Download the latest package of Beautiful Soup for python3.
curl https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/a1/69/daeee6d8f22c997e522cdbeb59641c4d31ab120aba0f2c799500f7456b7e/beautifulsoup4-4.10.0.tar.gz > bs.tar.gz
Step 2: Extract the downloaded package using the following command.
tar -xzvf bs.tar.gz
Step 3: Go inside the folder and Enter the following command to install the package.
cd beautifulsoup4-4.10.0 python3 setup.py install
Verifying Installation
Import the module in the Python terminal to check if Beautiful Soup is installed correctly
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
Note: If there is any error while importing the module then is not installed properly.