[SciPy-user] scipy import problem when running from terminal

[Stéfan van der Walt]

Hi David

2009/5/4 David Vine <djvine at gmail.com>:
> when I execute my python scripts from the terminal (ubuntu 9.04) the scipy
> module cannot be found when i try to import it and i get an ImportError
> exception. However I am confident that the scipy module is installed
> correctly because calling the same script from within IPython  using
> execfile has no problem finding the scipy module.

I noticed that python 2.6 is now the default on Ubuntu, but you may
have the 2.5 packages for SciPy and IPython installed.

Maybe try "python2.5 myscript.py".

Cheers
Stéfan