I have been following along with the matplotlib tutorial series and finding that i'm starting to understand a lot.
HOWEVER, i have been using a 64bit version of python.
Do I need to/should i be using the 32bit version that is used in the videos? I don't want to mess things up/not be able to follow a long properly if there are differences between these versions?
(also, I've now just downloaded the 32bit version so that i'm using the exact same set up, however it is now telling me i don't have matplotlib installed (which I have as i've been using it for the last 20+ tutorials!) and I don't really know what I need to do to fix this?)
Any advice would be useful
thanks
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You have two versions of python installed and they can not use one another's libraries. Each version of python you have installed (32bit / 64bit) are going to use different directories to store module libraries. So to run the 32bit version you will need to re-install all the modules you want, but install them with the 32bit version of pip. You will likely need to do this using absolute paths like:
But - I suggest to just keep using the 64bit version. The language/libraries are the same (though they are located in different places on your computer) and it's already working. If/when you want to learn more about how python is installed, then you can work on managing two python environments.
Or - I just recently discovered virtual environments and I really like those because it helps make the situation you're dealing with now a little easier to manage.
-mabryp 7 years ago
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