[SciPy-User] [SciPy-user] question about modules and installed packages with Scipy, Python, Ubuntu

villamil villamil at brandeis.edu
Fri Jun 10 13:48:03 EDT 2011


That makes sense, thank you.  



josef.pktd wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 11:56 AM, villamil <villamil at brandeis.edu> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>> I installed the scipy package with Synaptic Manager in Ubuntu, but when I
>> run a script with Python-IDLE that imports this package, I get an error
>> that
>> says the package is not found.
>> Next thing I tried is running the script with iPython, for which I don't
>> get
>> that error.  The problem is that I'm just getting started and I don't
>> feel
>> quite as comfortable working in iPython.
>> So my question is: does anyone know why Python-IDLE is showing that
>> error?
>> Oh, and I also think but am not sure that it has to do with the fact that
>> I
>> installed version 2.7 after I was using 2.6 for both Python and
>> Python-IDLE.
>> If this is the cause, does anyone know how to fix this?  Do I have to
>> uninstall the old versions?
> 
> You need to open the IDLE that comes with the version of python where
> you have scipy installed.
> 
> I'm on Windows and have 4 IDLE shortcuts set up, that point to and
> start with one of python 2.5, 2.6., 2.7. and 3.2
> 
> There is no problem having parallel versions of python installed, but
> it's always necessary to check which python is used.
> 
> (Although, I don't know the details for Linux)
> 
> Josef
> 
> 
> 
> 
>>
>> Thank you.
>> Diego
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