Scipy, Numpy, Matplotlib Troubles on OSX - python

I just installed scipy and numpy using homebrew and pip. I did the following:
brew install python
brew install gfortran
easy_install pip
sudo pip install numpy
sudo pip install scipy
numpy and scipy are both easily found in /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages, but when I open a python shell in the terminal and type:
import numpy
import scipy
I get:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: No module named numpy
and the same for scipy. What's wrong? Pip seems to think they're installed.

The python shell you are running from the terminal is probably OSX pre-bundled python and not the one you installed (with numpy & scipy).
You can list the current paths using:
import sys
print(sys.path)

It might be a bit overkill, but I once wrote a short guide to install Python 2.7.x in OS X. You can find it here.
The bottom line is that right now you might have two versions of Python installed, and it can be a bit tricky to uninstall only one of them. If you're sure which one is using the right site-packages folder, then delete the other and update your path variables. If not, I'd suggest to follow that guide.

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Numpy Import Error in Anaconda Environment using Spyder (WINDOWS)

BACKGROUND
Just two days ago I was able to run any program that had a numpy dependency. Now when I try to run my code using pandas, matplotlib or any module that depends on numpy, I get the below error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<ipython-input-8-8fcf286af663>", line 7, in <module>
import numpy
File "path\to\Python\Python38\site-packages\numpy\__init__.py", line 140, in <module>
from . import core
File "path\to\Python\Python38\site-packages\numpy\core\__init__.py", line 48, in <module>
raise ImportError(msg)
ImportError:
IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ THIS FOR ADVICE ON HOW TO SOLVE THIS ISSUE!
Importing the numpy C-extensions failed. This error can happen for
many reasons, often due to issues with your setup or how NumPy was
installed.
We have compiled some common reasons and troubleshooting tips at:
https://numpy.org/devdocs/user/troubleshooting-importerror.html
Please note and check the following:
* The Python version is: Python3.7 from "C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\pythonw.exe"
* The NumPy version is: "1.19.5"
and make sure that they are the versions you expect.
Please carefully study the documentation linked above for further help.
Original error was: No module named 'numpy.core._multiarray_umath'
SETTINGS CHECK
The return message references this site: https://numpy.org/devdocs/user/troubleshooting-importerror.html but nothing there has helped me.
I checked my Path variable to make sure that all the required directory locations are there and there is no issue.
I successfully import numpy when I compile code from cmd using python -c "import numpy; print('done')"
I am using an anaconda environment, the Spyder IDE, and again it was just fine two days ago.
I checked the python version from pythonw.exe and it seems fine as well
What could be wrong with my environment?
ATTEMPTED SOLUTIONS HERE
Also, I've checked the following links with no success:
Importing the numpy c-extensions failed
importing numpy package in Spyder, Python
python Spyder not importing numpy
https://github.com/numpy/numpy/issues/15090
Can't import numpy anaconda
Import error: Anaconda numpy (numpy and Anaconda already installed, virtualenv)
Turns out my problem was very simple. The main solution I was trying was to uninstall and reinstall.
Every time I installed and uninstalled the modules, I did so from the standard command line.
That was wrong since anaconda uses its own virtual environment to store data.
So all I had to do was run this command from the anaconda command prompt:
pip install --upgrade pandas && pip install --upgrade numpy
this command would work just as well:
pip uninstall pandas && pip uninstall numpy && pip install pandas
(since the last install would automatically download any dependencies that pandas has, which is numpy

Python not finding its Packages

I wrote myself a handy bash script, which solves the task of creating a virtualenv with its own compiled virtualenv and python. It aims at creating a mostly self contained virtualenv, with maybe only native libraries installed in system level if necessary, but installing all python packages and virtualenv and pip and such things inside the virtualenv.
The script can be found here.
I invoke the script as follows:
self_contained_venv.sh \
-n udacity_model_building_and_validation \
-p https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.4.4/Python-3.4.4.tar.xz \
-v https://pypi.python.org/packages/c8/82/7c1eb879dea5725fae239070b48187de74a8eb06b63d9087cd0a60436353/virtualenv-15.0.1.tar.gz#md5=28d76a0d9cbd5dc42046dd14e76a6ecc \
-d pandas scikit-learn seaborn
Given the required packages for compiling python and virtualenv are installed on the system, the script creates a nice virtualenv. However, when I try to access any installed modules/packages from within the virtualenv, python is not able to find them. To demonstrate this, I'll put some output of commands and code here:
First of all of course I have to activate the virtualenv:
. bin/activate
output: None, works without problem.
Then I print the pythonpath python is aware of:
import sys
for i in sys.path:
print(i)
output:
/home/xiaolong/development/Python/udacity_model_building_and_validation/lib/python34.zip
/home/xiaolong/development/Python/udacity_model_building_and_validation/lib/python3.4
/home/xiaolong/development/Python/udacity_model_building_and_validation/lib/python3.4/plat-linux
/home/xiaolong/development/Python/udacity_model_building_and_validation/lib/python3.4/lib-dynload
/home/xiaolong/development/Python/udacity_model_building_and_validation/localpython/lib/python3.4
/home/xiaolong/development/Python/udacity_model_building_and_validation/localpython/lib/python3.4/plat-linux
/home/xiaolong/development/Python/udacity_model_building_and_validation/lib/python3.4/site-packages
So far so good. Then I try to import a module / package I installed during usage of my bash script: pandas:
python
(IDLE is running)
import pandas as pd
output:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: No module named 'pandas'
Another try:
import numpy as np
output:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: No module named 'numpy'
Huh? So none of the packages is available? Lets check pip again:
which pip
output:
alias pip='localpython/bin/pip3.4'
./localpython/bin/pip3.4
Ok, so it's using my local pip.
Check packages:
pip list
output:
numpy (1.11.0)
pandas (0.18.1)
pip (8.1.2)
psutil (4.1.0)
Python-contrib-nbextensions (alpha)
python-dateutil (2.5.3)
pytz (2016.4)
PyYAML (3.11)
setuptools (18.2)
six (1.10.0)
virtualenv (15.0.1)
Hm the packages are there, so why can't python find them? Let's see where those packages are located, simply by trying to remove one:
pip uninstall pandas
output (shortened, because it fills many pages):
Uninstalling pandas-0.18.1:
/home/xiaolong/development/Python/udacity_model_building_and_validation/localpython/lib/python3.4/site-packages/pandas-0.18.1-py3.4.egg-info
/home/xiaolong/development/Python/udacity_model_building_and_validation/localpython/lib/python3.4/site-packages/pandas/__init__.py
/home/xiaolong/development/Python/udacity_model_building_and_validation/localpython/lib/python3.4/site-packages/pandas/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-34.pyc
/home/xiaolong/development/Python/udacity_model_building_and_validation/localpython/lib/python3.4/site-packages/pandas/__pycache__/_version.cpython-34.pyc
/home/xiaolong/development/Python/udacity_model_building_and_validation/localpython/lib/python3.4/site-packages/pandas/__pycache__/info.cpython-34.pyc
Aha, so the packages are in the path.
Another attempt on finding out if python looks in the right places:
>>> from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib
>>> print(get_python_lib())
/home/xiaolong/development/Python/udacity_model_building_and_validation/lib/python3.4/site-packages
So this one indicates it does not look in the right place, if I understand correctly.
Note:
The script does the following things, which might not be obvious:
compile python with a prefix (local python)
compile virtualenv for the local python
it aliases pip to the local pip of the version of the installed python
it aliases virtualenv to the locally installed one
it installs packages from pypi if specified
it updates the local pip if there is a newer version available
I am a beginner still at writing bash scripts, so I think the structure and logic of the script is fairly easy to understand. It also prints information about success of its operations in the terminal.
Further Notes:
I did not use su or sudo to run the script.
My OS is a Fedora 22, although I think in this case any major distro would work the same way.
OS has been updated recently.
Question: So why can't Python find them / its own packages? (What do I need to change?)
can you try to compare path to pyhton and pip in your script and manually in your system:
which python and which pip?
After that check pip freeze | grep pandas it should return you package ...if no you need to add this package to site-packages folder of you python.

Python - Numpy install and import Issue

I've used pip to install the module numpy (sudo pip install numpy).This works fine.
When importing numpy for use in my own module i get several the following errors.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<pyshell#65>", line 1, in <module>
import numpy
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/lib/python3.5/numpy/__init__.py", line 180, in <module>
from . import add_newdocs
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/lib/python3.5/numpy/add_newdocs.py", line 13, in <module>
from numpy.lib import add_newdoc
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/lib/python3.5/numpy/lib/__init__.py", line 8, in <module>
from .type_check import *
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/lib/python3.5/numpy/lib/type_check.py", line 11, in <module>
import numpy.core.numeric as _nx
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/lib/python3.5/numpy/core/__init__.py", line 14, in <module>
from . import multiarray
ImportError: dlopen(/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/lib/python3.5/numpy/core/multiarray.so, 2): Symbol not found: _PyBuffer_Type
Referenced from: /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/lib/python3.5/numpy/core/multiarray.so
Expected in: flat namespace
in /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/lib/python3.5/numpy/core/multiarray.so
I'm assuming the error has something to do with the multiarray.so file. I've tried turning it off and on (uninstall re install) and adding the where pip initially saves the module to python export path
(export PYTHONPATH="usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages")
doesn't seem to work.
Using which python in terminal gives me Python 2.7.6**, however I downloaded python 3.5 off of the site.
Issue resolved.
The reason i was having installation issues with pip, was down to the fact (thanks pv) that i was using the command:
"pip install moduleName"
rather than
"pip3.5 install moduleName"
this caused all sorts of complications, because i'm running python 3.5 and the "pip" command is for 2.7.
Thanks again.
FWIW -- and for people in the future who are googling for this error -- I ran into this issue when installing numpy separately via Homebrew. It caused all my installations of Python (via pyenv) to refer to the /usr/local/lib installation of numpy (which is where Homebrew installs it). Uninstalling it via brew uninstall numpy fixed the error.
(I don't remember why I had a homebrew-installed numpy, but oh well)
I encountered the same problem.
I tried many ways like:
$pip uninstall numpy
But that did not fix the problem.
I assume a major reason is that I have anaconda multi-Python environments (I have created both py27 and py35). As a result the PYTHONPATH includes paths for both py27 and py35.
My default python env is py35. So using
$conda install numpy
will install numpy under the anaconda python3.5 path.
When uninstalling the numpy, we are not sure which numpy path is exporting, maybe it is only for my case.
Hence I refer to #Dan Nhuyen's solution.
I uninstall numpy via:
$brew uninstall numpy.
As a result, the extra ambiguous paths is removed. Finally, it works.
What worked for me was to request pip to build numpy from source, instead of using the pre-compiled wheel binary:
pip install --no-binary numpy -r requirements.txt

why python failed to use or upgrade package installed by pip?

This problem may seem simple to most of you but I'm really confused. I tried to install numpy & pandas using pip. So initially I just did:
sudo pip install pandas.
It installed successfully but when i tried:import pandas there's error as:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pandas/__init__.py", line 7, in <module>
from . import hashtable, tslib, lib
File "pandas/src/numpy.pxd", line 157, in init pandas.hashtable (pandas/hashtable.c:22984)
ValueError: numpy.dtype has the wrong size, try recompiling
Then I assume it's the numpy version wrong (even pandas said installed a newer numpy) I tried to upgrade the numpy using "pip" but system reminded me don't have to.
As I checked, all my "pip" installed python packages are in /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-package, in which the numpy version is 1.9.1 and pandas 0.15.1
When I do which python, it shows me the python path/usr/local/bin so I assume it's using the system patron and did installed all the packages accordingly
But when I typed in "python" in console, and tried:
import numpy as np
np.version.version
It showed 1.6.1 instead of 1.9.1
Seems it never gets upgraded or failed to use the numpy installed.
How should I fix this?
Thanks
Uninstall Numpy and then Re-install the newest version of it.
pip uninstall numpy
pip install numpy
I too was facing this problem earlier.

Unable to import numpy

I'm on OS X Mavericks and new to Python. I have the Apple python environment and installed the official one from python.org.
When I try to import numpy from the python interpreter I get that the module can't be found.
import numpy
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: No module named numpy
>>>
When I run:
$ pip install numpy
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): numpy in /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Extras/lib/python
When I run the following commands on the terminal I get the following:
$which python
/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python
$which pip
/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/pip
what to do because I'm going crazy!!!
I had a similar problem with numpy and other libraries common to scientific packages like matplotlib. You might try installing a Python distribution package like Anaconda, which includes several other useful libraries similar to numpy. Install link here: https://store.continuum.io/cshop/anaconda/. Best of luck.
I suggest not deleting the 'numpy' in python2.7 because it is a built-in module of python2.7 by macOS.
Try:python3 -m pip install numpy

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