Issues installing scipy from Anaconda2 Python

Question

I'm trying to install scipy, which comes with the package when I first installed Anaconda2 Python. When I run the setup.py file, I get the following error message...

from scipy._lib.six import string_types
ImportError : No module named scipy._lib.six

... eventhough there is a file called six.py in the scipy/_lib folder

Has anyone ever faced this issue and how did you resolve it?

Thanks.

Answer 1

If you have Anaconda installed, SciPy is installed already. Just import it:

>>> import scipy

Don't do this in the directory where the setup.py is located.

With Anaconda use conda to install packages:

conda install scipy

will:

1. Either install SciPy, if it is not installed yet,

2. Or update your package to latest available version,

3. Or tell you All requested packages already installed. .

If it installs something there will always be a prompt like:

The following packages will be UPDATED:

<list-of-package-names>

Proceed ([y]/n)?