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Mac OS X python 2.7.15 AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'map_name'

See original GitHub issue

I have a third party python program that imports keyboard.

I did a pip install keyboard and when I saw a Quartz dependency error, I did a pip install pyobc.

When the program wants to receive a key press from me I get:

Exception in thread Thread-5:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python@2/2.7.15/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/threading.py", line 801, in __bootstrap_inner
    self.run()
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python@2/2.7.15/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/threading.py", line 754, in run
    self.__target(*self.__args, **self.__kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/keyboard/_darwinkeyboard.py", line 371, in run
    Quartz.CFRunLoopRunInMode(Quartz.kCFRunLoopDefaultMode, 5, False)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/keyboard/_darwinkeyboard.py", line 400, in handler
    self.callback(KeyboardEvent(event_type, scan_code, name=key_name, is_keypad=is_keypad))
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/keyboard/__init__.py", line 251, in direct_callback
    if is_modifier(event.scan_code): self.active_modifiers.add(event.scan_code)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/keyboard/__init__.py", line 142, in is_modifier
    _modifier_scan_codes.update(*scan_codes)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/keyboard/__init__.py", line 141, in <genexpr>
    scan_codes = (key_to_scan_codes(name, False) for name in all_modifiers)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/keyboard/__init__.py", line 319, in key_to_scan_codes
    t = tuple(_collections.OrderedDict((scan_code, True) for scan_code, modifier in _os_keyboard.map_name(normalized)))
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'map_name'

This same program works apparently for windows users.