Why can't I import folium python package?

Question

I've pip installed folium and get this error when I try to import it in when Im working in my home directory:

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ImportError                               Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-1-af6e4f19ef00> in <module>()
----> 1 import folium

//anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/folium-0.3.0.dev0-      py2.7.egg/folium/__init__.py in <module>()
       3 from __future__ import absolute_import
       4 
 ----> 5 from folium.folium import Map, initialize_notebook, CircleMarker
       6 
       7 from folium.map import (FeatureGroup, FitBounds, Icon, LayerControl, Marker,

  //anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/folium-0.3.0.dev0-  py2.7.egg/folium/folium.py in <module>()
       13 import json
       14 
  ---> 15 from branca.colormap import StepColormap
       16 from branca.utilities import color_brewer
      17 from branca.six import text_type, binary_type

 ImportError: No module named branca.colormap

However, i can import it when I cd to /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages.... What gives?

Answer 1

Did you install the package with Anaconda? It looks like it's reading the package from Anaconda python's package install locations. A few things to try:

• conda install branca
• pip install branca