# Hail import into python error **URL:** \ **Category:** Help \[0.1\]\ **Created:** [March 16, 2017, 6:15pm UTC](https://discuss.hail.is/t/hail-import-into-python-error/163 "2017-03-16T18:15:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jeffrye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3d9bf3/32.png) [@jeffrye](https://discuss.hail.is/u/jeffrye)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2017, 6:15pm UTC](https://discuss.hail.is/t/hail-import-into-python-error/163/1 "2017-03-16T18:15:43Z")
I’m fumbling along with installing hail locally. When importing into python, I get this error (ImportError: No module named py4j.protocol). Any help is appreciated. Jeff VIPBGB1L01130AB:hail jalexander4$ ipython Python 2.7.13 |Anaconda 4.3.1 (x86\_64)| (default, Dec 20 2016, 23:05:08) Type “copyright”, “credits” or “license” for more information. IPython 5.1.0 – An enhanced Interactive Python. ? -\> Introduction and overview of IPython’s features. %quickref -\> Quick reference. help -\> Python’s own help system. object? -\> Details about ‘object’, use ‘object??’ for extra details. ## In [1]: import hail ImportError Traceback (most recent call last) in () ----\> 1 import hail /Users/jalexander4/hail/python/hail/ **init**.py in () ----\> 1 from hail.context import HailContext 2 from hail.dataset import VariantDataset 3 from hail.keytable import KeyTable 4 from hail.utils import TextTableConfig 5 from hail.type import Type /Users/jalexander4/hail/python/hail/context.py in () 1 from **future** import print\_function # Python 2 and 3 print compatibility 2 ----\> 3 from pyspark.sql import SQLContext 4 5 from hail.dataset import VariantDataset /Users/jalexander4/spark-2.1.0-bin-hadoop2.7/python/pyspark/ **init**.py in () 42 43 from pyspark.conf import SparkConf —\> 44 from pyspark.context import SparkContext 45 from pyspark.rdd import RDD 46 from pyspark.files import SparkFiles /Users/jalexander4/spark-2.1.0-bin-hadoop2.7/python/pyspark/context.py in () 27 from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile 28 —\> 29 from py4j.protocol import Py4JError 30 31 from pyspark import accumulators ImportError: No module named py4j.protocol In [2]: ---
**Author:** ![tpoterba](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discuss.hail.is/tpoterba/32/61_2.png) [@tpoterba](https://discuss.hail.is/u/tpoterba)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2017, 6:29pm UTC](https://discuss.hail.is/t/hail-import-into-python-error/163/2 "2017-03-16T18:29:02Z")
Make sure that you’ve added the py4j library to your python path, as here: [https://hail.is/hail/getting\_started.html](https://hail.is/hail/getting_started.html) If you’re using a slightly different version of spark, it’s possible that the py4j version is different, too – make sure you’ve actually got the 0.10.3 version at `$SPARK_HOME/python/lib/py4j-0.10.3-src.zip`, or modify it to match. ---
**Author:** ![jeffrye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3d9bf3/32.png) [@jeffrye](https://discuss.hail.is/u/jeffrye)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2017, 6:42pm UTC](https://discuss.hail.is/t/hail-import-into-python-error/163/3 "2017-03-16T18:42:14Z")
Thanks, it’s working now. I had Spark 10.4.