I'm new to Python and the command line of my mac, so please excuse any errors or omissions I may make.
I first installed Spyder via fink on the recommendation of a friend of mine. It installed without any obvious errors however when it came to using Spyder the default variables (e, pi, numpy etc) were not defined. I also had a list of errors in the console that were as follows: Python 2.7.1 (r271:86882M, Nov 30 2010, 10:35:34) [GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5664)] on darwin Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/ site-packages/spyderlib/scientific_startup.py", line 16, in <module> from pylab import * #analysis:ignore File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/matplotlib-1.2.x-py2.7- macosx-10.7-intel.egg/pylab.py", line 1, in <module> from matplotlib.pylab import * File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/matplotlib-1.2.x-py2.7- macosx-10.7-intel.egg/matplotlib/pylab.py", line 222, in <module> from matplotlib import mpl # pulls in most modules File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/matplotlib-1.2.x-py2.7- macosx-10.7-intel.egg/matplotlib/mpl.py", line 3, in <module> from matplotlib import axes File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/matplotlib-1.2.x-py2.7- macosx-10.7-intel.egg/matplotlib/axes.py", line 19, in <module> import matplotlib.dates as mdates File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/matplotlib-1.2.x-py2.7- macosx-10.7-intel.egg/matplotlib/dates.py", line 122, in <module> from dateutil.rrule import rrule, MO, TU, WE, TH, FR, SA, SU, YEARLY, \ ImportError: No module named dateutil.rrule I uninstalled fink and along with it Spyder and tried to reinstall using MacPorts. I had more success, however upon loading Spyder I know find that both e and pi are defined but not numpy. Also the console shows the following: 'import sitecustomize' failed; use -v for traceback Python 2.7.1 (r271:86882M, Nov 30 2010, 10:35:34) [GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5664)] on darwin Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. Imported NumPy 1.6.1, SciPy 0.10.0, Matplotlib 1.1.0 Type "scientific" for more details. >>> The >>> is puzzling me. I have used Spyder on Windows machines and >>> is replaced with [In] and [Out]. Is this just the way Spyder works under OS X or have I done something wrong? Also, and the most concerning issue for me, is that whilst >>>7./4. returns the answer 1.75, >>>7/4 also returns 1.75. This shouldn't be the case as the former is a float calculation and the latter an integer calculation. As I'm new to all of this I can't make sense of the error messages I've had to try and see if the cause of the error is in there. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Many thanks Tom -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "spyder" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/spyderlib?hl=en.
