What's the bad magic number error?

Question

What\'s the \"Bad magic number\" ImportError in python, and how do I fix it?

The only thing I can find online suggests this is caused by compiling a .py -> .pyc file

Answer 1

You will need to run this command in every path you have in your environment.

>>> import sys
>>> sys.path
['', '/usr/lib/python36.zip', '/usr/lib/python3.6', '/usr/lib/python3.6/lib-dynload', '/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages', '/source_code/src/python', '/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages']

Then run the command in every directory here

find /usr/lib/python3.6/ -name "*.pyc" -delete
find /usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages -name "*.pyc" -delete
# etc...