The simplest way, if you already have termcolor installed to Python3.x and it still has problems when you use programs with #!/usr/bin/env python, is to just copy the termcolor.py file from /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages to /usr/lib/python2.x

Seriously, that's it. No dependencies. Just copy and go.

Here's a class of mine I use to color specific output in Python 3 scripts. You could import the class and use like so: from colorprint import ColorPrint as _ _.print_fail('Error occurred, quitting program')

import sys

# Colored printing functions for strings that use universal ANSI escape sequences.
# fail: bold red, pass: bold green, warn: bold yellow, 
# info: bold blue, bold: bold white

class ColorPrint:

    @staticmethod
    def print_fail(message, end = '\n'):
        sys.stderr.write('\x1b[1;31m' + message.strip() + '\x1b[0m' + end)

    @staticmethod
    def print_pass(message, end = '\n'):
        sys.stdout.write('\x1b[1;32m' + message.strip() + '\x1b[0m' + end)

    @staticmethod
    def print_warn(message, end = '\n'):
        sys.stderr.write('\x1b[1;33m' + message.strip() + '\x1b[0m' + end)

    @staticmethod
    def print_info(message, end = '\n'):
        sys.stdout.write('\x1b[1;34m' + message.strip() + '\x1b[0m' + end)

    @staticmethod
    def print_bold(message, end = '\n'):
        sys.stdout.write('\x1b[1;37m' + message.strip() + '\x1b[0m' + end)