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cgmil
cgmil

Reputation: 440

Anaconda software can't find packages installed with pip on Windows

On Windows, open up Anaconda Prompt and type in the following:

pip install json2xml

No complaints from pip for doing this (replace json2xml with your favorite package, I guess). Then, open up Jupyter QTConsole, and try:

import json2xml

The result is an ImportError: No module named 'json2xml'. The package installed (after checking pip list), but nothing recognizes it. There is no system pip (this is Windows, after all); only Anaconda's pip is being used.

What's going on?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2264

Answers (2)

Noah Yasarturk
Noah Yasarturk

Reputation: 11

From How do I find the location of my Python site-packages directory? , you can enter 

python -m site

to print your python package location(s). In my case, I have Anaconda for Windows and do not have a directory C:\Users\YOUR-USER-NAME\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\Lib\site-packages but did find my package installed with pip was in C:\Users\YOUR-USER-NAME\AppData\Local\Continuum\anaconda3\Lib\site-packages\ . This may be due to adding Anaconda to PATH.

Upvotes: 0

TheRodFather
TheRodFather

Reputation: 11

I hope this will help, it worked for me.
When you use pip to install a package, by default it will go to your python site-packages. i. e.

C:\Users\YOUR-USER-NAME\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\Lib\site-packages

From here, you can copy the downloaded packages, then navigate and paste them into your Anaconda site-packages directory. i. e.

C:\Anaconda\Lib\site-packages

That should solve the issue.

Upvotes: 1

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