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ImportError: No module named 'geopy' ipython-notebook

currently I need to make some distance calculation. For this I am trying the following on my ipython-notebook (version 4.0.4):

from geopy.distance import vincenty

ig_gruendau = (50.195883, 9.115557)
delphi = (49.99908,19.84481)

print(vincenty(ig_gruendau,delphi).miles)

Unfortunately I receive the following error when running the code above: ImportError: No module named 'geopy'

Since I am pretty new at python, I wonder how can I install this module (without admin rights) or what other simple options I do have for this calculations?

Thanks, ML

Solution

  • You need to install the missing module in your python installation. So you have to run the command:

    pip install geopy

    in your terminal. If you don't have pip, you'll have to install it using:

    easy_install pip

    and if both command fail with Permission denied, then you'll have to either launch the command as root:

    sudo easy_install pip
sudo pip install geopy

    or for pip, install it only for your user:

    pip install geopy --user

    And for future reference, whenever you get that kind of error:

    ImportError: No module named 'XXXXX'

    you can search for it on pypi using pip:

    % pip search XXXXX

    and in your case:

    % pip search geopy
tornado-geopy (0.1.0)  - tornado-geopy is an asynchronous version of the awesome geopy library.
geopy.jp (0.1.0)       - Geocoding library for Python.
geopy.jp-2.7 (0.1.0)   - Geocoding library for Python.
geopy (1.11.0)         - Python Geocoding Toolbox

    HTH