install python2.7.3 + numpy + scipy + matplotlib + scikits.statsmodels + pandas0.7.3 correctly

Question

...using Linux (xubuntu). How to install python2.7.3 + numpy + scipy + matplotlib + scikits.statsmodels + pandas0.7.3 correctly ? My final aim is to have them working. The problem:

~$ python --version
Python 2.7.3

so i already have a system-default 2.7.3, which is good!

~$ dpkg -s python-numpy
Package: python-numpy
Status: install ok installed

and i already have numpy installed! great! But...

~$ python
Python 2.7.3 (default, Oct 23 2012, 01:07:38) 
[GCC 4.6.1] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import numpy as nmp
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: No module named numpy

this module couldn't be find by python. The same with scipy, matplotlib. Why?

~$ sudo apt-get install python-numpy
[...] 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
python-numpy is already the newest version.
[...]

why it does not see numpy and others ?

update:

>>> import sys
>>> print sys.path
['', '/usr/local/lib/python27.zip', '/usr/local/lib/python2.7', '/usr/local/lib/python2.7/plat-linux2', '/usr/local/lib/python2.7/lib-tk', '/usr/local/lib/python2.7/lib-old', '/usr/local/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload', '/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages']
>>> 

so i do have /usr/local/lib/python2.7

~$ pip freeze
Warning: cannot find svn location for distribute==0.6.16dev-r0
BzrTools==2.4.0
CDApplet==1.0
[...]
matplotlib==1.0.1
mutagen==1.19
numpy==1.5.1
[...]
pandas==0.7.3
papyon==0.5.5
[...]
pytz==2012g
pyxdg==0.19
reportlab==2.5
scikits.statsmodels==0.3.1
scipy==0.11.0
[...]
zope.interface==3.6.1

as you can see, those modules are already installed! But! ls -la /usr/local/lib/ gives ONLY python2.7 dir. And still

~$ python -V
Python 2.7.3

and

import sys sys.version '2.7.3 (default, Oct 23 2012, 01:07:38) \n[GCC 4.6.1]'

updated:

Probably I've missed another instance... One at /usr/Python-2.7.3/ and second (seems to be installed "by hands" far far ago) at /usr/python2.7.3/Python-2.7.3/ But how two identical versions can work at the same time??? Probably, one of them is "disabled" (not used by any program, but I don't know how to check if any program uses it).

~$ ls -la /usr/bin/python*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       9 2011-11-01 11:11 /usr/bin/python -> python2.7
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2476800 2012-09-28 19:48 /usr/bin/python2.6
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root    1452 2012-09-28 19:45 /usr/bin/python2.6-config
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2586060 2012-07-21 01:42 /usr/bin/python2.7
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root    1652 2012-07-21 01:40 /usr/bin/python2.7-config
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       9 2011-10-05 23:53 /usr/bin/python3 -> python3.2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      11 2011-09-06 02:04 /usr/bin/python3.2 -> python3.2mu
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2852896 2011-09-06 02:04 /usr/bin/python3.2mu
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      16 2011-10-08 19:50 /usr/bin/python-config -> python2.7-config

there is a symlink python->python2.7, maybe I can ln -f -s this link to exact /usr/Python-2.7.3/python destination without harm ?? And how correctly to remove the 'copy' of 2.7.3? And else...

~$ ls -la /usr/bin/virtualenv 
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 58 2011-03-16 18:55 /usr/bin/virtualenv

but works only in this case:

~$ /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/virtualenv qenv
New python executable in qenv/bin/python
Installing distribute....................................................................................................................................................................................done.
Installing pip...............done.

and this doesn't work!

 python virtualenv.py pyenv

I will try to be more clear. Just questions. Why I can import numpy starting '/usr/bin/python' but can not by using only 'python'? If I want to install another version of python for different applications, what is the best way to do this? How to install packages into chosen pythonpath? I did not find a complete guide.

---

Thanks to everyone! Solved it this way:

$ sudo nano /usr/share/python/debian_defaults
$ sudo mv /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/python2.Y_old
$ sudo ln -s -f /usr/bin/python2.7 /usr/bin/python

My default version was 2.7.3 and now it's 2.7.2+. I do not see huge difference, so I think it was quite safe. But I need to read more about

virtualenv

and

pip and default PATH

Answer 1

I strongly recomend you to use virtualenv. Virtualenv allows you to create python environment in per project basis. My workflow to begin a new project is

• Create the project directory myapp
• Download virtualenv from https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/tarball/develop
• Create a virtual environment: python virtualenv.py pyenv
• Activate the virtualenv source pyenv/bin/activate

• Install the packages in the virtual environment:

  pip install -U numpy matplotlib pandas ...

With this setup, you can control the version, reinstall or remove the packages without have to depend on the version that is available in the repositories.

Answer 2

This is probably better asked in a Xubuntu forum, because it is most probably a configuration issue. Is there perhaps more than one version of python installed?

In the python interpreter, type the following code;

import sys
print sys.path

Verify that the numpy directory is installed in one of the directories listed in sys.path.

On my FreeBSD (UNIX-like) system with python 2.7.3, numpy is installed as a subdirectory of /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/. On windows it is probably C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\.

If you e.g. also have a python 3.x installed, it could be that numpy et cetera in installed for that python. In that case, look in /usr/local/lib/python3.x/site-packages/ or C:\Python3x\Lib\site-packages\.

Answer 3

You seem to be using a custom-installed Python 2.7.3 in /usr/local/bin. Using /usr/bin/python, you should be able to import numpy; apt-get installs to /usr but never /usr/local.