title: Installing NumPy via Anaconda in Windows
body: <p>I am trying to use Numpy in a Python 2.7.8 script in Windows. So, I download and installed the latest version of Anaconda (I also want to use some of the other tools in Anaconda) to the directory "C:/Anaconda". As default, I checked the boxing asking me if I wanted to add the path to the binary files to the Windows PATH.</p>
  
  <p>After checking PATH, it contains the following: "C:\Anaconda;C:\Anaconda\Scripts".</p>
  
  <p>Then, after installation I open a new Command Prompt, and in the Python envirnoment, I enter "import numpy", but this gives the error: "ImportError: No module named numpy".</p>
  
  <p>What stage have I missed out in the installation process?</p>
  
  <p>***** EDIT *****</p>
  
  <p>I have just noticed that there is no file called "numpy" in either "C:\Anaconda" or "C:\Anaconda\Scripts". But according to the Anaconda website (<a href="http://docs.continuum.io/anaconda/pkg-docs.html">http://docs.continuum.io/anaconda/pkg-docs.html</a>), the installation should come with Numpy...</p>
  
  <p>***** EDIT *****</p>
  
  <p>It seems that Windows was running Python from an existing version of Python I had installed, which was not associated with NumPy. After deleting this, and running Python from the Anaconda installation, NumPy is now being recognised.</p>