[SOLVED] How do I resolve "No module named 'frontend'" when trying to use PyMuPDF/fitz?

How do I resolve "No module named 'frontend'" when trying to use PyMuPDF/fitz?

I have installed PymuPDF/fitz because am trying to extract images from PDF files. However, upon running the code below, I am seeing No module named 'frontend'.

import fitz

doc = fitz.open(pdf_path)
for i in range(len(doc)):
    for img in doc.getPageImageList(i):
        xref = img[0]
        pix = fitz.Pixmap(doc, xref)
        if pix.n < 5:  # this is GRAY or RGB
            pix.writePNG("p%s-%s.png" % (i, xref))
        else:  # CMYK: convert to RGB first
            pix1 = fitz.Pixmap(fitz.csRGB, pix)
            pix1.writePNG("p%s-%s.png" % (i, xref))
            pix1 = None
        pix = None

I have searched but there isn't single report of this kind of error. I have installed PyMuPDF, muPDF and fitz modules.

Here is the error in full:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/waqar/PycharmProjects/predator/ExtractFileImage.py", line 1, in <module>
    import fitz
  File "/home/waqar/anaconda3/envs/retinanet/lib/python3.6/site-packages/fitz/__init__.py", line 1, in <module>
    from frontend import *
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'frontend'

Solution

I've solved it by:

pip install PyMuPDF

This will actually allow the import of the fitz you appear to want. (There's another fitz, which is probably not what you want if you're manipulating PDF files.)

NOTE: If you get RuntimeError: Directory 'static/' does not exist after install than do:

pip uninstall fitz

for more info see: raise RuntimeError(f"Directory '{directory}' does not exist") RuntimeError: Directory 'static/' does not exist from import fitz