# Failed to import scanpy on jupyter notebook

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**Created:** [May 8, 2023, 12:43am UTC](https://discourse.scverse.org/t/failed-to-import-scanpy-on-jupyter-notebook/1397 "2023-05-08T00:43:39Z")\
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Hi, I’m trying to import scanpy but got this error:

ImportError Traceback (most recent call last)  
/var/folders/tw/z6c3ybt91xl2qvshxxpqtc100000gn/T/ipykernel\_38646/912249142.py in   
----\> 1 import scanpy as sc

~/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.9/site-packages/scanpy/ **init**.py in   
4  
5 if not within\_flit(): # see function docstring on why this is there  
----\> 6 from .\_utils import check\_versions  
7  
8 check\_versions()

~/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.9/site-packages/scanpy/\_utils/ **init**.py in   
18 import numpy as np  
19 from numpy import random  
—\> 20 from scipy import sparse  
21 from anndata import AnnData, **version** as anndata\_version  
22 from textwrap import dedent

~/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.9/site-packages/scipy/ **init**.py in **getattr** (name)  
209 def **getattr** (name):  
210 if name in submodules:  
 → 211 return \_importlib.import\_module(f’scipy.{name}')  
212 else:  
213 try:

~/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.9/importlib/ **init**.py in import\_module(name, package)  
125 break  
126 level += 1  
 → 127 return \_bootstrap.\_gcd\_import(name[level:], package, level)  
128  
129

~/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.9/site-packages/scipy/sparse/ **init**.py in   
281  
282 # For backward compatibility with v0.19.  
 → 283 from . import csgraph  
284  
285 # Deprecated namespaces, to be removed in v2.0.0

~/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.9/site-packages/scipy/sparse/csgraph/ **init**.py in   
180 ‘NegativeCycleError’]  
181  
 → 182 from .\_laplacian import laplacian  
183 from .\_shortest\_path import (  
184 shortest\_path, floyd\_warshall, dijkstra, bellman\_ford, johnson,

~/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.9/site-packages/scipy/sparse/csgraph/\_laplacian.py in   
5 import numpy as np  
6 from scipy.sparse import isspmatrix  
----\> 7 from scipy.sparse.linalg import LinearOperator  
8  
9

~/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.9/site-packages/scipy/sparse/linalg/ **init**.py in   
121 from .\_dsolve import \*  
122 from .\_interface import \*  
 → 123 from .\_eigen import \*  
124 from .\_matfuncs import \*  
125 from .\_onenormest import \*

~/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.9/site-packages/scipy/sparse/linalg/\_eigen/ **init**.py in   
7  
8 “”"  
----\> 9 from .arpack import \*  
10 from .lobpcg import \*  
11 from .\_svds import svds

~/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.9/site-packages/scipy/sparse/linalg/\_eigen/arpack/ **init**.py in   
18  
19 “”"  
—\> 20 from .arpack import \*

~/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.9/site-packages/scipy/sparse/linalg/\_eigen/arpack/arpack.py in   
40 **all** = [‘eigs’, ‘eigsh’, ‘ArpackError’, ‘ArpackNoConvergence’]  
41  
—\> 42 from . import \_arpack  
43 arpack\_int = \_arpack.timing.nbx.dtype  
44

I’m on MacOS. Any help is appreciated!