Issue installing scipy: Six module not found

Question

Question similar to this one Issues installing scipy from Anaconda2 Python but I don't have anaconda so the answer there won't work for me.

I'm trying to install 64 bit Scipy from http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#scipy but I'm getting this error:

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

The _lib folder does contain a python file called six, though. And I have the Six package installed elsewhere already?

EDIT : I've been told it's probably something to do with the python path. Can anyone help?

Answer 1

it's probably solved for you by now but you also need the file called six.pyc. If it's not there, it's probably in usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/scipy. (or replace python2.7 with whatever version you have). Just copy it to scipy._lib, but make sure you choose the right scipy (there could be a usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/scipy AND a usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/scipy (without the local))