Installing module in python with anaconda and jupyter notebook

Question

I've been having a problem with installing modules, and I can't find an exact solution to it anywhere. What I'm trying to do is use anaconda to install a module. When I type into the anaconda command prompt:

pip install imbox

it says it installs. So then i open jupyter notebook by simply using

jupyter notebook

Everything seems ok until I try to

from imbox import Imbox

and I get

No module named imbox

How would I make jupyter notebook include that module?

have you tried using conda to install the module instead? conda install imbox? Could be that pip is installing to your base python site-packages, but jupyter is using a different python kernel. — perfect5th, Aug 25 '16 at 23:31
Where does pip say it is installing the package? Does it match the location of your conda installation? — perfect5th, Aug 25 '16 at 23:35
Well since I already installed it at some point before i restarted it, so all it says is: Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): imbox in c:\python27\l ib\site-packages Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): six in c:\python27\lib \site-packages (from imbox) You are using pip version 8.1.1, however version 8.1.2 is available. You should consider upgrading via the 'python -m pip install --upgrade pip' comm and. — Lucas A., Aug 25 '16 at 23:37
How would I change the location from c:\python27\l ib\site-packages to C:\Users\USERNAME\Anaconda2\Lib\site-packages — Lucas A., Aug 25 '16 at 23:38

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 25 '16 at 23:42

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Try using the pip that comes with conda, instead of your default pip.

PATH_TO_CONDA_DIR/bin/pip install imbox

In your case:

C:\Users\USERNAME\Anaconda2\bin\pip install imbox

Alternative, install the package again, in the specified location:

pip install --target=C:\Users\USERNAME\Anaconda2\lib\site-packages imbox

answered Aug 25 '16 at 23:42

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That just outputted: The system cannot find the path specified – Lucas A. Aug 25 '16 at 23:47
You may have to add .exe after pip, on windows. – perfect5th Aug 25 '16 at 23:47
Also, I put USERNAME in there, not your actual username. – perfect5th Aug 25 '16 at 23:48
Thanks! that worked, but I'd also like to know if I could change the default path, so that I could use the simple "pip install" and it would install to the correct area. – Lucas A. Aug 25 '16 at 23:49
That's a modification to your PATH. Just add the conda directory to your windows PATH. – perfect5th Aug 25 '16 at 23:51
And how exactly would I do that? Sorry, I'm still new to some technical things like this. – Lucas A. Aug 25 '16 at 23:55
Try this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9546324/adding-directory-to-path-environment-variable-in-windows#9546462 – perfect5th Aug 25 '16 at 23:57
That site is confusing, with many methods on how to do it, which one are you telling me to use? Please be more specific. – Lucas A. Aug 26 '16 at 00:05
Actually, all I did was delete the folder that it was defaulting to. That worked perfectly, so thanks for the help! – Lucas A. Aug 26 '16 at 00:29

Installing module in python with anaconda and jupyter notebook

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