Trouble installing scipy with macports
installation, macports, python-2.7, scipy
Solution
MacPorts does not touch the system python when installing python modules. It does install these modules for its own version of python, which is in `/opt/local/bin/python2.7` by default. You can make it the default python to be run when you type `python` in your shell using `sudo port select --set python python27`.
Problem
I'm new to programming and trying to import scipy. Problem: When I try to import scipy in the python interpreter in terminal, it looks like this: ``` [GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple Clang 4.0 (tags/Apple/clang-418.0.60)] on darwin Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import scipy Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> ImportError: No module named scipy >>> ``` I seem to have installed macports correctly. I can successfully import numpy the same way as above. I originally installed scipy as per "macports" instructions on http://www.scipy.org/install.html ie: ``` sudo port install py27-numpy py27-scipy py27-matplotlib py27-ipython +notebook py27-pandas py27-sympy py27-nose ``` Also I followed this post: Python will not recognize MacPorts installed packages but could not seem to derive an answer for myself To clarify: When I run "which python" i get ``` /usr/bin/python ``` When I run "port contents py27-packagename" I get ``` Port py27-packagename is not installed. ``` Thanks in advance