Spyder can't find Enthought packages

Question

I am new to python and want to use the Spyder IDE with Enthought's academic distribution. I can get Spyder to run but it can't find the packages such as pandas that comes with the Enthought distribution. I can import pandas when I run python from the shell outside of Spyder. I am using Enthought EPD 7.3 64bit on OSX 10.7.5 and any assistance would be appreciated.

Answer 1

To be able to import the packages that come with EDP you have to change your interpreter in

Tools > Preferences > Console > Advanced Settings > Python executable

to select the EPD interpreter, which should be located in

/Library/Frameworks/EPD64.framework/Versions/7.3/bin

However, right now the app has a bug that prevents importing modules of different interpreters.

I'll try to fix it as soon as possible.