topic Can't import Arcpy in 10.2 in Python Questions

Can't import Arcpy in 10.2

AdamInglis — Thu, 15 Aug 2013 19:15:57 GMT

What do I need to do be able to import Arcpy after upgrading to 10.2?

>>> import arcpy
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<interactive input>", line 1, in <module>
  File "c:\program files (x86)\arcgis\desktop10.1\arcpy\arcpy\__init__.py", line 21, in <module>
  File "c:\program files (x86)\arcgis\desktop10.1\arcpy\arcpy\geoprocessing\__init__.py", line 14, in <module>
  File "c:\program files (x86)\arcgis\desktop10.1\arcpy\arcpy\geoprocessing\_base.py", line 14, in <module>
ImportError: No module named arcgisscripting

Re: Can't import Arcpy in 10.2

MichaelVolz — Thu, 15 Aug 2013 19:20:55 GMT

That's all you should have to do.

Can you confirm that python 2.7 is installed at c:\python27\arcgis10.2?

Re: Can't import Arcpy in 10.2

MikeMacRae — Thu, 15 Aug 2013 19:31:08 GMT

Check your environmental variables are set properly. PYTHONPATH should be C:\Python27\ArcGIS10.2\Lib\site-packages

Re: Can't import Arcpy in 10.2

ChrisSnyder — Thu, 15 Aug 2013 19:42:18 GMT

Recommended couse of action:

Uninstall everything and anything ArcGIS

Delete the folder C:\Program Files\ArcGIS (or C:\Program Files x86\ArcGIS if using a 64 bit OS)

Uninstall everything and anything Python, including any Python IDEs like PythonWin

Delete any and all Python2* folders that are directly under C:\ (example: C:\Python27).

Reinstall ArcGIS v10.2 (which will automatically install the correct version of Python)

Reinstall any 3rd party ArcGIS software (like Xtools or whatever). You remebered to uninstall these in Step #1, right?

Reinstall your Python IDEs if any.

Use this same process eveytime you upgrade ArcGIS (don't need to do that for the service packs of course).

DO NOT use/install a different version of Python than that which comes with whatever version of ArcGIS you are using

Re: Can't import Arcpy in 10.2

AdamInglis — Thu, 15 Aug 2013 22:33:59 GMT

Check your environmental variables are set properly. PYTHONPATH should be C:\Python27\ArcGIS10.2\Lib\site-packages

Thanks, that help with python, but not with PythonWin. Halfway there.