Adding a module (Specifically pymorph) to Spyder (Python IDE)

Question

I have managed to get spyder installed and functioning on my mac but I want to add in a few modules that it doesn't include by default (mahotas and pymorph).

I installed both via easy_install in the terminal and both seemed to install without any error messages. Running python from a terminal and using import mahotas and import pymorph works just fine without error messages. However, when I run the same lines from a script within spyder I get the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/spyderlib/widgets/externalshell/sitecustomize.py", line 493, in runfile
 execfile(filename, namespace)
File "/Users/Name/Documents/Python/dna.py", line 11, in <module>
 import pymorph
ImportError: No module named pymorph

All I'm trying to do right now is run the import lines, that's it. I can't seem to find anything about this. I'm guessing that spyder uses a separate install of python and that installing modules via the terminal installs them only to the system version of python. How do I add them to spyder?

Specs:

Mac OSX 10.7.4

Spyder 2.1.9

Solution 1

Ok, no one has answered this yet but I managed to figure it out and get it working after also posting on the spyder discussion boards. For any libraries that you want to add that aren't included in the default search path of spyder, you need to go into Tools and add a path to each library via the PYTHONPATH manager. You'll then need to update the module names list from the same menu and restart spyder before the changes take effect.

Solution 2

Using ! on the IPython console within spyder allows you to use pip. So, in the example, you could do:

[1] !pip install pymorph

Note, this is also available (though perhaps unreliably) on the Python console for Spyder versions before ~2.3.3. Thanks to @CarlosCordoba for this clarification.

Solution 3

1. Find the location of a module in Terminal:

   $ python # open python
   
   import pygame # import a module 
   
   pygame # get the location
   

2. Copy-paste the module folder to the 'Spyder.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python2.7'

3. Relaunch Spyder.app

Solution 4

If you are using Spyder in the Anaconda package...

In the IPython Console, use

!conda install packageName

This works locally too.

!conda install /path/to/package.tar

Note: the ! is required when using IPython console from within Spyder.

Solution 5

just use '!' before the pip command in spyder terminal and it will be fine

Eg:

!pip install imutils

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