_winreg on linux

[brynerp]

These are the errors I'm getting following the install instructions for this module. I'm running Mint 17.3

• Running on http://127.0.0.1:5000/ (Press CTRL+C to quit)
• Restarting with stat
  Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "mendeley-example.py", line 106, in
  app.run()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/flask/app.py", line 772, in run
  run_simple(host, port, self, **options)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/werkzeug/serving.py", line 622, in run_simple
  reloader_type)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/werkzeug/_reloader.py", line 265, in run_with_reloader
  reloader.run()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/werkzeug/_reloader.py", line 155, in run
  for filename in chain(_iter_module_files(), self.extra_files):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/werkzeug/_reloader.py", line 70, in _iter_module_files
  for package_path in getattr(module, 'path', ()):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/six.py", line 116, in getattr
  _module = self._resolve()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/six.py", line 105, in _resolve
  return _import_module(self.mod)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/six.py", line 76, in _import_module
  import(name)
  ImportError: No module named _winreg

Is there a workaround for this?