Spyder Module Import

Question

I am trying to import cv2 module in Spyder.app but somehow it does not import. By the way I am able to import it in a terminal. Can anyone of you guys please help me?

Answer 1

This is what you need to do:

1. Open a terminal and run python or ipython.

2. In there execute these two commands:

   import sys

   sys.executable

3. Copy the output of the last command

4. Open Spyder and go to

   Spyder > Preferences > Console > Advanced settings > Python Executable

   Select the option

   Use the following Python interpreter

   and paste there the result of step 3 (this option is only available in Spyder 2.2.3 or newer).

5. Finally go to Interpreters > Open a Python interpreter. This will open a new console that will be running the same Python version that you use in a terminal.

Answer 2

I had a similar issue. Ubuntu 1804, Python 3.6.5, Spyder 3.2.8.

Could load e.g. quandl and other package in terminal virtual env but not in spyder despite playing with PYTHONPATH and directories for ages.

Resolved with:

conda install ipykernel cloudpickle