Python + Mac Help

William Purcell williamhpurcell at gmail.com
Tue Aug 26 23:07:41 EDT 2008


FYI...I found the site that I installed from besides MacScience. I think
that I have installed just about everything on this site.
http://www.pythonmac.org/packages/py25-fat/index.html

On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 10:05 PM, William Purcell <williamhpurcell at gmail.com
> wrote:

> I am new to the Mac/OS X world. I am trying to get Python set up with
> Numpy, Scipy, Matplotlib, and wxPython. It seems that everything is working
> fine except Scipy. To explain my problem, it is probably best to see the
> following
>
> Simply trying to import Scipy...
> ================================================
> william-purcells-macbook:~ william$ python -c "import scipy"
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
> ImportError: No module named scipy
> ================================================
>
> Importing pylab works fine....
> ================================================
> william-purcells-macbook:~ william$ python -c "import pylab"
> william-purcells-macbook:~ william$
> ================================================
>
> My Python version...
> ================================================
> william-purcells-macbook:~ william$ python -V
> Python 2.5
> ================================================
>
> But when I run 'ipython -python -p scipy' everything seems to be working
> great. Except that it seems to be a little different version of Python
> maybe.
> ================================================
> Last login: Tue Aug 26 19:43:32 on ttys000
> william-purcells-macbook:~ william$ ipython -pylab -p scipy
> Leopard libedit detected.
> SciPy profile successfully loaded.
> Python 2.5.1 (r251:54863, Apr 15 2008, 22:57:26)
> Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>
> IPython 0.8.3.svn.r3001 -- An enhanced Interactive Python.
> ?         -> Introduction and overview of IPython's features.
> %quickref -> Quick reference.
> help      -> Python's own help system.
> object?   -> Details about 'object'. ?object also works, ?? prints more.
>
>   Welcome to pylab, a matplotlib-based Python environment.
>   For more information, type 'help(pylab)'.
>
> =================================================
>
> I installed the Macscience Scipy Superpack to try to get everything I
> needed. I have also tried a couple random installs from other places, but
> I'm not for sure exactly what I have going on. Can someone point me in a
> direction to start trouble shooting this? I have been trying to get this
> working off and on for about three months, but have not had the time to dig
> in and learn a new OS (I have Ubuntu installed also, which is what I'm used
> to).
>
> Thanks for your time,
> Bill
>
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