Oh that’s interesting, thanks for the info! I have never used the system Python and didn’t know that it comes with its own NumPy & SciPy; I thought it was more bare bones (sorry about the naive question, but is this a recent thing in Yosemite or has it been always like this?)
> On Jun 1, 2016, at 2:39 PM, Matthew Brett <matthew.br...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 11:17 AM, Sebastian Raschka > <m...@sebastianraschka.com> wrote: >>> I think you're using system Python on the Mac. I'd really strongly >>> recommend against that, because system Python >> >> Yeah, but I think that the system Python doesn’t come with NumPy and SciPy >> installed on a Mac? > > That's the entire problem - system Python has its own private copy of > numpy and scipy and matplotlib that are not in the usual sys.path > places: > > $ /usr/bin/python -c 'import numpy; print(numpy.__file__)' > /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Extras/lib/python/numpy/__init__.pyc > > Then, if you try to upgrade them with pip, the new packages are below > the private copies in directory precedence, and the effect is that the > upgrade is ignored. > > In effect, system Python is for the system, if you want to own your > Python, you need to install another copy for yourself. > > Cheers, > > Matthew > _______________________________________________ > scikit-learn mailing list > scikit-learn@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/scikit-learn _______________________________________________ scikit-learn mailing list scikit-learn@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/scikit-learn
