title: Python Basemap Import error: "requirement already satisfied"
body: <p>What works is</p>
  <pre><code>import mpl_toolkits
  </code></pre>
  <p>What not works is (Import Error basemap not found)</p>
  <pre><code>from mpl_toolkits.basemap import Basemap
  </code></pre>
  <p>I followed the instructions here :</p>
  <p><a href="http://matplotlib.org/basemap/users/installing.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://matplotlib.org/basemap/users/installing.html</a></p>
  <p>Downloaded the lastest basemap*.tar.gz</p>
  <p>I run the following commands:</p>
  <p>Inside the geos folder</p>
  <pre><code>export GEOS_DIR=~/
  ./configure --prefix=$GEOS_DIR
  make
  make install
  </code></pre>
  <p>Inside the basemap folder</p>
  <pre><code>python setup.py install
  </code></pre>
  <p>Everything runs in sudo mode and no errors. Goes outputs no python binding but not as an error so i am not sure.</p>
  <p>It seems not to be properly installed.</p>
  <p>Mac Os X 10.10 Yosemite
  Python 2.7.6</p>
  <p><strong>if i type</strong></p>
  <p>pip install basemap --allow-external basemap --allow-unverified basemap</p>
  <pre><code>Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): basemap in /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages
  </code></pre>
  <p>so it is there but not importable?</p>