ImportError: No module named statsmodels
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24-06-2021 - |
Question
I downloaded the StatsModels source from this location.
Then untarred to
/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages
and per this documentation, did this
sudo python setup.py install
It installed but when I try to import
import statsmodels.api as sm
I get the following error
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/Astrophysics/Histogram_Fast.py", line 6, in <module>
import statsmodels.api as sm
ImportError: No module named statsmodels.api
I read a few post with a similar problem and checked that setuptools
was installed and it was also in
/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages
I'm kinda of lost on this and would appreciate any help...
I am also running
numpy 1.6
so thats not the problem.
Solution
- you shouldn't untar it to /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages (you could use any temporary directory)
- you might have used by mistake a different python executable e.g., /usr/bin/python instead of the one corresponding to /usr/local/lib/python2.7
You should use pip
corresponding to a desired python version (use python -V
to check the version) to install it:
$ python -m pip install statsmodels
It would allow you to upgrade/uninstall it easily.
Don't install as a root to avoid the risk of messing with system python installation by accident. You could use --user
option or virtualenv instead.
OTHER TIPS
As per documentation, you can install using the following commands
pip install --upgrade --no-deps statsmodels
using conda
conda install statsmodels
Then restart your jupyter notebook
if you facing an error like no module pasty
stop your jupyter notebook and try the below command on terminal
pip install patsy
Don't forget to restart your jupyter notebook Let's hope
You have to upgrade the package pytest. I had the same issue importing in a Jupyter notebook on Ubuntu python 2.7
import statsmodels.api as sm
I also had to restart the Jupyter notebook.
sudo python -m pip install pytest --upgrade
Try installing using the path directly,
For example, pip install --user "downloaded_package_path"
Then try importing the statsmodels, import statsmodels.api as sm