topic Problem importing arcpy in Python Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/problem-importing-arcpy/m-p/713117#M55322 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hello everybody.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I have had Python 2.6 installed and I have been able to create and run non-GIS related Python scripts over the past few days as I attempt to learn the basics of the language.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I have now installed ArcGIS10 and as Python 2.6 was already there ArcGIS didn't try/need to install it.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Python code runs fine in the ArcGIS Python Window including "import arcpy"</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>However neither neither Pythonwin nor Idle will accept "import arcpy"</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>The error returned is:</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>ImportError: No module named arcpy</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I thought I could run GIS scripts outside of ArcGIS but maybe this isn't possible or is it just a path setting?</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Thanks in advance for any suggestions</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Cheers</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Phil.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:51:58 GMT PhilDonnelly 2011-11-29T21:51:58Z Problem importing arcpy https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/problem-importing-arcpy/m-p/713117#M55322 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hello everybody.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I have had Python 2.6 installed and I have been able to create and run non-GIS related Python scripts over the past few days as I attempt to learn the basics of the language.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I have now installed ArcGIS10 and as Python 2.6 was already there ArcGIS didn't try/need to install it.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Python code runs fine in the ArcGIS Python Window including "import arcpy"</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>However neither neither Pythonwin nor Idle will accept "import arcpy"</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>The error returned is:</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>ImportError: No module named arcpy</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I thought I could run GIS scripts outside of ArcGIS but maybe this isn't possible or is it just a path setting?</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Thanks in advance for any suggestions</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Cheers</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Phil.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:51:58 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/problem-importing-arcpy/m-p/713117#M55322 PhilDonnelly 2011-11-29T21:51:58Z Re: Problem importing arcpy https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/problem-importing-arcpy/m-p/713118#M55323 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>This thread will probably help you out, missing path references most likely.</SPAN><BR /><A href="http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/23230-quot-ImportError-No-module-named-arcpy-quot-PYTHON">http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/23230-quot-ImportError-No-module-named-arcpy-quot-PYTHON</A></BODY></HTML> Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:55:38 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/problem-importing-arcpy/m-p/713118#M55323 MathewCoyle 2011-11-29T21:55:38Z Re: Problem importing arcpy https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/problem-importing-arcpy/m-p/713119#M55324 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">This thread will probably help you out, missing path references most likely.<BR /><A href="http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/23230-quot-ImportError-No-module-named-arcpy-quot-PYTHON">http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/23230-quot-ImportError-No-module-named-arcpy-quot-PYTHON</A></BLOCKQUOTE><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Hi Mathew.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Yes I now have access to arcpy from both IDLE and Pythonwin.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Thanks very much for pointing me in the right direction.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Phil.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 30 Nov 2011 01:53:41 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/problem-importing-arcpy/m-p/713119#M55324 PhilDonnelly 2011-11-30T01:53:41Z