python - Understanding ModuleNotFoundError: No module named '__main__.xxx' (Relative Imports) [duplicate]

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For example I have this package:

└── package
 │ __init__.py
 │ first.py
 │ second.py

and in my first.py

#first.py
def foo(): pass

in second.py

#second.py
from .first import foo
if __name__=='__main__':
 foo()

Now if i try to execute the second.py as:

$ cd package
$ python3 second.py 

I got this error:

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named '__main__.first'; '__main__' is not a package

why does this happen?

Answer 1

You should add first.py to second.py without dot

#second.py
from . import first
if __name__=='__main__':
 first.foo()