title: How to import GPU tensorflow in Spyder IDE (without anaconda)?
body: <p>I've recently installed tensorflow with GPU support on my Ubuntu 16.04 successfully and I was able to successfully run some tests in Terminal. Later I decided it would be easier to have an IDE for writing python code, and I'd just import numpy and tensorflow into IDE and run everything there. Having installed Tensorflow successfully I didn't want to create another Anaconda version of everything so I just installed Spyder2 directly from Ubuntu software. However, when I try importing tensorflow in Spyder2</p>
  
  <pre><code>import tensorflow as tf
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>it failed with following message:</p>
  
  <pre><code>ImportError: Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/tensorflow/python      
  /__init__.py", line 49, in &lt;module&gt;
      from tensorflow.python import pywrap_tensorflow
    File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/tensorflow/python    
  /pywrap_tensorflow.py", line 28, in &lt;module&gt;
      _pywrap_tensorflow = swig_import_helper()
    File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/tensorflow/python 
  /pywrap_tensorflow.py", line 24, in swig_import_helper_mod = imp.load_module('_pywrap_tensorflow', fp, pathname, description)
  
  ImportError: libcudart.so.8.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
  
  
  Error importing tensorflow.  Unless you are using bazel,
  you should not try to import tensorflow from its source directory;
  please exit the tensorflow source tree, and relaunch your python    
  interpreter from there.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I could import numpy no problem but not tensorflow. I'm new to Linux; what is it that I'm missing here? Or do I need anaconda in order to use Spyder and Tensorflow? Thanks!</p>