library name collision: xattr and pyxattr = import xattr?

[pjotrek-b]

xattr and pyxattr both import as xattr... 😕

I'm using pyxattr as module in my code, but in order to do so, I need to pip uninstall xattr first - which then breaks the xattr command (OS: Xubuntu 20.04)
😢

Is there a way to have both pip packages installed, but import them differently?
I was honestly surprised that I install "pyxattr" and then not just simply import "pyxattr" 😉

Grateful for any advice!

(Here's a copy of the error message the broken xattr throws after making place for pyxattr, in case someone searches for it:)

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/xattr", line 11, in
load_entry_point('xattr==0.9.6', 'console_scripts', 'xattr')()
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pkg_resources/init.py", line 490, in load_entry_point
return get_distribution(dist).load_entry_point(group, name)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pkg_resources/init.py", line 2854, in load_entry_point
return ep.load()
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pkg_resources/init.py", line 2445, in load
return self.resolve()
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pkg_resources/init.py", line 2451, in resolve
module = import(self.module_name, fromlist=['name'], level=0)
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'xattr.tool'; 'xattr' is not a package