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How to install `requests` module for `python3`?

I wanted to download Requests: HTTP for Humans module for python3. So I started with

sudo apt-get install python3-pip
sudo pip3 install requests --upgrade

There were no errors. However, when I try to import module, there are some errors:

enedil@VirtualBox:~/hacking$ python3
Python 3.4.0 (default, Apr 11 2014, 13:05:11)
[GCC 4.8.2] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import requests
Traceback (most recent call last): File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 2195, in _find_and_load_unlocked
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute '__path__'
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/requests/packages/urllib3/connection.py", line 12, in <module> from http.client import HTTPConnection as _HTTPConnection, HTTPException
ImportError: No module named 'http.client'; 'http' is not a package
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/requests/__init__.py", line 58, in <module> from . import utils File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/requests/utils.py", line 25, in <module> from .compat import parse_http_list as _parse_list_header File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/requests/compat.py", line 7, in <module> from .packages import chardet File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/requests/packages/__init__.py", line 3, in <module> from . import urllib3 File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/requests/packages/urllib3/__init__.py", line 16, in <module> from .connectionpool import ( File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/requests/packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py", line 36, in <module> from .connection import ( File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/requests/packages/urllib3/connection.py", line 14, in <module> from httplib import HTTPConnection as _HTTPConnection, HTTPException
ImportError: No module named 'httplib'
Error in sys.excepthook:
Traceback (most recent call last): File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 2195, in _find_and_load_unlocked
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute '__path__'
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport_python_hook.py", line 63, in apport_excepthook from apport.fileutils import likely_packaged, get_recent_crashes File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/__init__.py", line 5, in <module> from apport.report import Report File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/report.py", line 21, in <module> from urllib.request import urlopen File "/usr/lib/python3.4/urllib/request.py", line 88, in <module> import http.client
ImportError: No module named 'http.client'; 'http' is not a package
Original exception was:
Traceback (most recent call last): File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 2195, in _find_and_load_unlocked
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute '__path__'
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/requests/packages/urllib3/connection.py", line 12, in <module> from http.client import HTTPConnection as _HTTPConnection, HTTPException
ImportError: No module named 'http.client'; 'http' is not a package
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/requests/__init__.py", line 58, in <module> from . import utils File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/requests/utils.py", line 25, in <module> from .compat import parse_http_list as _parse_list_header File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/requests/compat.py", line 7, in <module> from .packages import chardet File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/requests/packages/__init__.py", line 3, in <module> from . import urllib3 File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/requests/packages/urllib3/__init__.py", line 16, in <module> from .connectionpool import ( File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/requests/packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py", line 36, in <module> from .connection import ( File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/requests/packages/urllib3/connection.py", line 14, in <module> from httplib import HTTPConnection as _HTTPConnection, HTTPException
ImportError: No module named 'httplib'

So, how to install requests module for python3 on Ubuntu 14.04?

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For 14.04, you just need to install python3-requests:

sudo apt-get install python3-requests
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