Installing anaconda to use with windows
Question: I am lost in the installation process of installing anaconda on windows.

I've installed the windows 32bit package (I'm running windows 7 x64)

I have anaconda in the start menu and I can open the python console and use
scipy.stats.t.interval(), the function I am interested in.

However, how do I go about including this in another python program? I think
it's something like adding it to the path. For instance, I have the
scipy.stats.t.interval() function call in my other python file which I run
through cygwin via `python myscript.py`. However it returns the error:

    
    
    from scipy.stats import t
    ImportError: No module named scipy.stats
    

I think it might be a change of path / add to path issue, but I'm not sure how
to fix it :/. While I try to fix it, I figure I will post for help here.


Answer: well you might have two installations of python, one inside the anaconda
package, and other which you might have installed earlier. try doing :

    
    
    which python
    

from CygWin console. If it returns:

    
    
    /usr/bin
    

then it is definitely a add-to-path problem. to fix it for CygWin, you have to
add the python installation from anaconda to the path.

try this fromn CygWin:

    
    
    PATH=path-where-anaconda-is-installed/anaconda/bin:$PATH
    

and then doing:

    
    
    which python 
    

should give you:

    
    
    /path-to-anaconda/anaconda/bin
    

and then it will work.

Cheers

