Re: [netcdfgroup] Windows installation of netCDF4 Python module fails, any ideas on how to fix?

• To: Jeffrey Whitaker - NOAA Federal <jeffrey.s.whitaker@xxxxxxxx>
• Subject: Re: [netcdfgroup] Windows installation of netCDF4 Python module fails, any ideas on how to fix?
• From: James Adams <monocongo@xxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 13:02:30 -0400

Thanks, Jeff -- that makes a lot more sense.

--James

On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 12:56 PM, Jeffrey Whitaker - NOAA Federal
<jeffrey.s.whitaker@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> James:  I don't think you are getting the same python as before - the 'Vapor
> GUI' python probably has those other modules included, but not
> netcdf4-python.  -Jeff
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> On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 7:58 PM, James Adams <monocongo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks so much for your help, Jeff.  I checked the sys.path and sure
>> enough there was another Python installed for Vapor GUI (under the
>> Vapor directory).  I uninstalled Vapor (which I wasn't using anyway)
>> and now voila, I can import netCDF4 now.  It seems that I'm still
>> running the same Python as before, and I can still import all other
>> packages as before (numpy, scipy, cx_Oracle, etc.), but now also
>> netCDF4 is available.  I did not reinstall the netCDF4 module, so it
>> must have installed OK the first time, no?  How does the sys.path
>> variable affect where or how Python finds the netCDF4 module?
>>
>> --James
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 3:08 PM, Jeff Whitaker
>> <jeffrey.s.whitaker@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > James:  Perhaps you have more than one python installed in sys.path?  It
>> > could be you're running a python installation that doesn't have netCDF4
>> > installed.
>> >
>> > -Jeff
>> >
>> > On Thu, Oct 10, 2013, at 01:19 PM, James Adams wrote:
>> >> My issue is described here:
>> >>
>> >> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19222063/installing-netcdf4-for-python-fails-how-to-fix
>> >>
>> >> Can anyone advise as to what I can try to fix this?  Thanks in advance
>> >> for any suggestions!
>> >>
>> >> --James
>> >>
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  • [netcdfgroup] Windows installation of netCDF4 Python module fails, any ideas on how to fix?
    • From: James Adams
  • Re: [netcdfgroup] Windows installation of netCDF4 Python module fails, any ideas on how to fix?
    • From: Jeff Whitaker
  • Re: [netcdfgroup] Windows installation of netCDF4 Python module fails, any ideas on how to fix?
    • From: James Adams
  • Re: [netcdfgroup] Windows installation of netCDF4 Python module fails, any ideas on how to fix?
    • From: Jeffrey Whitaker - NOAA Federal