ModuleNotFoundError issue with PyPDF2==2.10.1

[JaMe76]

When importing

from PyPDF2 import PdfFileReader, PdfFileWriter

I get an immediate error

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "~/dummy.py", line 21, in <module>
    from PyPDF2 import PdfFileReader, PdfFileWriter
  File "~/venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/PyPDF2/__init__.py", line 10, in <module>
    from ._encryption import PasswordType
  File "~/venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/PyPDF2/_encryption.py", line 36, in <module>
    from PyPDF2.generic import (
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'PyPDF2.generic'

This occurs with the latest

pip install PyPDF2==2.10.1

The older version works as expected:

pip install PyPDF2==2.10.0

Environment

Which environment were you using when you encountered the problem?

$ python -m platform
Linux-5.15.0-46-generic-x86_64-with-glibc2.29

$ python -c "import PyPDF2;print(PyPDF2.__version__)"
File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  File "~/venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/PyPDF2/__init__.py", line 10, in <module>
    from ._encryption import PasswordType
  File "~/venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/PyPDF2/_encryption.py", line 36, in <module>
    from PyPDF2.generic import (
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'PyPDF2.generic'

Code + PDF

from PyPDF2 import PdfFileReader, PdfFileWriter

Share here the PDF file(s) that cause the issue. The smaller they are, the
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Traceback

This is the complete Traceback I see:

 File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
 File "~/venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/PyPDF2/__init__.py", line 10, in <module>
 from ._encryption import PasswordType
 File "~/venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/PyPDF2/_encryption.py", line 36, in <module>
 from PyPDF2.generic import (
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'PyPDF2.generic'

[ezarowny]

I'm also seeing this same error on Python 3.10 with the same imports.

[WCM-KJD-II]

I see the same error with python 3.8. The package is missing the generic.py file in 2.10.1, present in 2.10.0

[MartinThoma]

Duplicate of #1241

I'm sorry for the hickup; I forgot to add the submodule to the distribution. It's fixed with PyPDF2==2.10.2

[MartinThoma]

@JaMe76 Thank you for reporting the issue so quickly ❤️

If you want to, I would add you as a contributor: https://pypdf2.readthedocs.io/en/latest/meta/CONTRIBUTORS.html