Importing CVXOPT in canopy python

Question

I want to import CVXOPT functionalities for use in the Canopy python editor. As far as I know, I have downloaded CVXOPT successfully. My reason for thinking this is that the CVXOPT site says "to test that the installation was successful, go to the examples directory and try one of the examples", and I am able to do this in the command line without any errors.

However, in my python code, when I say

from cvxopt import matrix, spmatrix, solvers, mul, div

I get an error saying "No module named CVXOPT". I think the problem must be simple but fiddling around for awhile hasn't fixed the problem. Any ideas?

How did you install cvxopt? You should check if cvxopt in one of the paths in sys.path — pmod, Sep 02 '14 at 10:26
I just used the tar file from here http://cvxopt.org/download/index.html — N. Mao, Sep 02 '14 at 11:27
I added a path to it in sys.path but it didn't remove the error. — N. Mao, Sep 02 '14 at 11:28
I've completed it through the part where you try the chapter 8 example. That works. I haven't built it with ATLAS though. I downloaded XCode but haven't found the instructions they refer to about building CVXOPT. — N. Mao, Sep 03 '14 at 02:50
Does it look like http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18176591/importerror-no-module-named-matplotlib-pyplot ? — pmod, Sep 03 '14 at 21:35

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 18 '17 at 09:40

You may refer to this site for installing package not readily available in Canopy.

https://support.enthought.com/hc/en-us/articles/204469690-Installing-packages-into-Canopy-User-Python-from-the-OS-command-line

After downloading CVXOPT, be sure you are logged in to Enthought account and use Canopy terminal to install the package.

Importing CVXOPT in canopy python

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