ipython install new modules

Question

I am used to the R functionality of installing packages and I am trying to do the same thing with ipython. Sometimes the following method works but then again somet

Answer 1

If the new packages installed are imported on Terminal but not imported to ipython notebook then it is very likely that you have two versions of python installed on your library. Due to this there are separate site-packages directory from where packages are being imported on terminal and ipython notebook. To check if this is the case. On terminal use:

import sys
sys.path

This will show where the python modules are located for python you using on terminal. Now, in ipython notebook use:

import sys
sys.path

This will show where the python modules are located for python you using on terminal.

Now, if the two path are different you know you are using two different installations of python. To solve this problem, copy installed packages from site-packages directory of terminal python to site-packages directory of ipython.