ImportError: No module named xgboost

Question

When I tried import from python terminal I get this error, although I followed all the steps to install xgboost, somehow python is unable to get the package details.I am relatively new to python, I could easily install numpy and pandas packages,I used this link for installation on MACOSX http://xgboost.readthedocs.io/en/latest/build.html

>>> import xgboost
   Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
   ImportError: No module named xgboost

When I did pip install xgboost, I am getting this error,

Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in /private/var/folders/h7/pyph_7qj6171tqp50cf2xc7m0000gn/T/pip-build-TEvbD6/xgboost/ 

I am getting this on printing sys path,

print sys.path

['', '/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python27.zip', '/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7', '/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/plat-darwin', '/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/plat-mac', '/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/plat-mac/lib-scriptpackages', '/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/lib-tk', '/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/lib-old', '/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload', '/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages', '/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Extras/lib/python', '/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Extras/lib/python/PyObjC']

Answer 1

First you need to get control of your python environment. Download the homebrew python by pasting these into a fresh terminal window

/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

here you will be prompterd to enter your password. After homebrew is installed, install python with brew install python. Please check your installation with brew doctor and follow homebrew's suggestions.

Now, with a fresh terminal window, install xgboost from pip. Open terminal and paste this in:

pip install xgboost

Answer 2

I had the same issue. I tried everything but the only solution that worked for me to was to install the whl file directly from here : http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#xgboost

then you can do :

pip install yourFile.whl

On windows I managed to just double click on the whl file and install it

Good luck

Answer 3

FYI if you are using anaconda dist'n then need to do

conda install -c conda-forge xgboost

Answer 4

Use conda install in Anaconda Powershell Prompt then use pip install

conda install -c conda-forge xgboost
pip install xgboost