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As mentioned in this related answer https://answers.ros.org/question/250228/no-module-named-catkin_pkgpackage-error-during-catkin-make/

Also check PYTHON_EXECUTABLE. I had a 3rd party program put a line in my bashrc that sourced a different PYTHON_EXECUTABLE. It resulted in an error message about catkin_pkg that brought me to this answer.

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