(Scikit - Python) ImportError: No module named scipy

Question

I'm trying to install Scikit and run a python file that only has:

import sklearn

To check if Scikit works. This is the error I get:

Traceback (most recent call last): File "hello-world.py", line 1, in import sklearn File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/sklearn/init.py", line 57, in from .base import clone File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/sklearn/base.py", line 9, in from scipy import sparse ImportError: No module named scipy

I have been at this for hours now. My python version is Python 2.7.11

which -a python

gives me this:

/usr/local/bin/python
/usr/bin/python
/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python
/Users/Iliad/anaconda/bin/python

I had had Python 3.5 Installed before, but downloaded Anaconda for 2.7, but can't make sure it is set to work with that version.

Thanks!

Tanmay · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-18 06:33:02Z

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I will start with

python --version

Just to be sure

and then in python repl. Use this

import site
site.getsitepackages()

This would give you something like :

['/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages', '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages']

Check in all the dist-packages for scipy. My guess is that it is not there. If you have any other "dist-packages" type of folder then you should add that to your PYTHONPATH.

answered Apr 18, 2016 at 6:33

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Illinois47 Over a year ago

I get

['/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages', '/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/site-python', '/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages']

back, but none of those directories have scipy inside of them. Also /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/site-python Does not exist! And the python version is Python 2.7.11

Illinois47 Over a year ago

Also, although the Python.framework doesn't exist, the python IDE runs perfectly

Tanmay Over a year ago

Quick solution could be to do pip install sklearn. The other way (which I think you should do ) is to figure out 1. Where did anaconda install your dist-packaged (It;s usually under /User/<your name>/ anaconda/lib< ) and 2. Add /Users/Iliad/anaconda/bin/python in start of your path so that this python is picked up first. And finally 3.After you figure out where is the site-packages for anaconda add them to pythonpath.

Illinois47 Over a year ago

Option 1 helped me out. Thank you so much, works perfectly now!

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