ImportError: No module named site

[cmey]

Hi,
Reporting a crash during any call of a python function.
Config:

• Win 7 64 bits
• Julia Version 0.3.0-prerelease+2809 (2014-04-28 22:41 UTC) Commit d1095bb* (8 days old master) x86_64-w64-mingw32 (latest snapshot installer)
• PyCall.jl version 0.4.2
• Python version 2.7.6 from Enthought Canopy 64 bits (the only python installed on the machine) (comes with matplotlib and dependancies)

Steps to reproduce:

julia> using PyCall
julia> @pyimport math

Error message:
ImportError: No module named site

Other infos:

• python works fine from within the Windows cmd:

C:\Users\cmey\Downloads\Julia 0.3.0-prerelease>python
Enthought Canopy Python 2.7.6 | 64-bit | (default, Apr 11 2014, 20:31:44) [MSC v
.1500 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>
>>> from math import *
>>> sin(math.pi / 4) - sin(pi / 4)  # returns 0.0
0.0

• I launch Julia from within the same Windows cmd as Python
• PYTHONHOME and PYTHONPATH are unset

Might be related to #42, but my case differs at least at the OS level.

As a workaround, may I ask for a different and recomended python distribution that works with PyPlot on Win 7 64 ?

[stevengj]

Seems like a duplicate of #42; PyCall doesn't work with Canopy on any platform currently, though the symptoms vary between Mac and Windows. I recommend using Anaconda rather than Canopy.