This is a very obvious beginner question (I presume):
I'm installing wxPython on windows 8, and I'm wanting to choose the right installation folder. Now, I was using Canopy as my IDE, but I recently downloaded Anaconda and like that better.
The default install folder that it wants to go in is: C:\Users\ME\AppData\Local\Enthought\Canopy\User\Lib\site-packages
Should I install it somewhere in the Anaconda directory? C:\Anaconda\ ... ? (... Lib\site-packages\, maybe?)
I'm guessing there's also some 'default IDE' sort of thing I should change in order to make Spyder my default IDE
Thanks!
Try running the following:
conda install wxpython
According to this thread, that should work.
Otherwise, if Anaconda has its own Python folder, then you'll want to install wxPython to that folder as well. When I use Python on Windows, I just install Python to C:\Python27 and then all packages are also installed into this location under its site-packages sub-folder. Since Anaconda doesn't appear to use this folder hierarchy, then you will almost certainly need to install wxPython inside Anaconda's folder hierarchy.