“ImportError: No module named pwd” but it exists

Question

I\'m trying to test gae-boilerplate locally, but when I try to create a new account the following error appears.

The strange thing is that if I open python interpret

Answer 1

You probably installed pycrypto with easy_install. If you reinstalling it with pip instead, everything should work:

pip uninstall pycrypto
pip install pycrypto

Note, pip uninstall works even though it was installed with easy_install. You also might need to use sudo.

If you don't have pip, install it like this:

sudo easy_install pip