conda package of fredapi will not import

[ralexx]

I wanted to use fredapi in my Anaconda installation so I made a conda skeleton from the PyPI package and then built the skeleton. The conda build script was successful and the new fredapi package tested OK:

#truncated
===== testing package: fredapi-0.3.4-py27_0 =====
import: u'fredapi'
===== fredapi-0.3.4-py27_0 OK =====
TEST END: fredapi-0.3.4-py27_0

Then I tried installing and this, too, appeared successful.

$ conda install --use-local fredapi
Fetching package metadata: ........
Solving package specifications: .
Package plan for installation in environment /usr/local/share/anaconda:

The following NEW packages will be INSTALLED:

    fredapi: 0.3.4-py27_0

Linking packages ...
[      COMPLETE      ]|###################################################| 100%

$ conda list fredapi
# packages in environment at /usr/local/share/anaconda:
#
fredapi                   0.3.4                    py27_0

But the interpreter in this environment does't recognize the new conda package.

Python 2.7.9 |Anaconda 2.2.0 (x86_64)| (default, Dec 15 2014, 10:37:34) 
IPython 3.1.0 -- An enhanced Interactive Python.

In [1]: import fredapi
Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "<ipython-input-1-462d15ed0c18>", line 1, in <module>
    import fredapi

ImportError: No module named fredapi

None of conda's troubleshooting suggestions apply to this case. Do you have any suggestions for properly building a conda package for fredapi?

[mortada]

@ralexx are you able to actually run conda skeleton pypi fredapi? I get an import error when I do that. I opened another issue referencing this, hopefully the conda guys will be able to help

[mortada]

@ralexx so I can't run conda skeleton pypi fredapi but I'm able to just create the recipes from scratch and that seems to work fine. Please see this PR: conda-archive/conda-recipes#304

those recipe files work for me, including everything from build/install/import

[mortada]

I believe this should be resolved now, please reopen if now, thanks

[benmbrennan]

I'm still having this issue and what's written in this thread makes no sense to me. Why isn't there an easy hassle free way to import FRED data into Python?