ImportError: cannot import name 'python_2_unicode_compatible' from 'django.utils.encoding'

django-mailbox==4.8.1

When running python manage.py migrate django_mailbox after installation and adding django_mailbox to INSTALLED_APPS, this error is returned

python manage.py migrate django_mailbox
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "manage.py", line 24, in <module>
    main()
  File "manage.py", line 20, in main
    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
  File "/Users/joseph.peterson/Development/help-desk/env-helpdesk/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 401, in execute_from_command_line
    utility.execute()
  File "/Users/joseph.peterson/Development/help-desk/env-helpdesk/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 377, in execute
    django.setup()
  File "/Users/joseph.peterson/Development/help-desk/env-helpdesk/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/__init__.py", line 24, in setup
    apps.populate(settings.INSTALLED_APPS)
  File "/Users/joseph.peterson/Development/help-desk/env-helpdesk/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/apps/registry.py", line 114, in populate
    app_config.import_models()
  File "/Users/joseph.peterson/Development/help-desk/env-helpdesk/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/apps/config.py", line 211, in import_models
    self.models_module = import_module(models_module_name)
  File "/Users/joseph.peterson/Development/help-desk/env-helpdesk/lib/python3.7/importlib/__init__.py", line 127, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1006, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 983, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 967, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 677, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 728, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 219, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "/Users/joseph.peterson/Development/help-desk/env-helpdesk/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django_mailbox/models.py", line 31, in <module>
    from django.utils.encoding import python_2_unicode_compatible
ImportError: cannot import name 'python_2_unicode_compatible' from 'django.utils.encoding'

[chaotika]

I can confirm this for 4.8.1 when i install it via pip directly or with git from pip. Installation with pip3 install git+https://github.com/coddingtonbear/django-mailbox.git@c8751f0c9ae85e43f8e775e21dc5ad26adc7f459 it works.

[mkayander]

Yes, installing the latest version from git solves the problem for me.