# No module named pygmt in Spyder
**URL:** https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/t/no-module-named-pygmt-in-spyder/702
**Category:** PyGMT Q&A
**Created:** [July 23, 2020, 5:23pm UTC](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/t/no-module-named-pygmt-in-spyder/702 "2020-07-23T17:23:16Z")
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### Author:  [@Saren](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/u/Saren)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2020, 5:23pm UTC](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/t/no-module-named-pygmt-in-spyder/702/1 "2020-07-23T17:23:17Z")
Hello! I’m new to both python and gmt. I installed pygmt with anaconda following all instructions but when I try to import pygmt I get an error “no module named pygmt” … During the installation everything went fine, can anyone help me with this issue? Thank you.
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### Author:  [@weiji14](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/u/weiji14)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2020, 6:40pm UTC](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/t/no-module-named-pygmt-in-spyder/702/2 "2020-07-23T18:40:59Z")
Hi @Saren, welcome! Could you run us through the commands you used to arrive at the error? It might be that you need to do `conda activate pygmt` (or the name of your conda environment) first. If you copy and paste the full error mesage, or show us a screenshot of what’s happening, that will help us to help you better!
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### Author:  [@Saren](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/u/Saren)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2020, 7:36pm UTC](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/t/no-module-named-pygmt-in-spyder/702/3 "2020-07-23T19:36:53Z")
Hi! Thanks for your quick answer! I attached a screenshot of the error. I’m using spyder and I realised it was using pythong 3.7 instead of python 3.8, so I tried to import gmt in jupyter but the error is the same as you can see in the other picture . I tried a solution from github dated 2017 and it still doesn’t work… I installed anaconda two months ago,I updated it and tried to install gmt again but it still doesn’t work…
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### Author:  [@weiji14](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/u/weiji14)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2020, 12:03am UTC](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/t/no-module-named-pygmt-in-spyder/702/4 "2020-07-24T00:03:12Z")
Ok, in Spyder on your bottom right, notice the “conda: base (Python 3.7.6)”? I’m not sure if you can click on it, but you’ll probably need to find a way to change it to “conda: pygmt (Python 3.8.X)”. This will make sure you’re using the `'pygmt'` [conda environment](https://docs.conda.io/projects/conda/en/latest/user-guide/tasks/manage-environments.html) instead of the regular `'base'` one.
In Jupyter notebook, you can click on `Kernel-> Change Kernel -> pygmt` to change the python kernel being used:
Note that I’m assuming you’ve followed the instructions at [Installing — PyGMT](https://www.pygmt.org/latest/install.html) to install `gmt` and `pygmt` into a python virtual environment called “pygmt” (Let me know if this is confusing). You could also type `conda env list` in the terminal to see if that’s the name you used.
Also, just a heads up that running `pygmt.test()` might give you some errors (see [https://flint.soest.hawaii.edu/t/about-pygmt-test/598](https://flint.soest.hawaii.edu/t/about-pygmt-test/598)), don’t worry, that’s expected for now. Let me know if that helps 😄
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### Author:  [@Saren](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/u/Saren)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2020, 9:53am UTC](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/t/no-module-named-pygmt-in-spyder/702/5 "2020-07-24T09:53:08Z")
Thank you so much, you were right I wasn’t in the right environment: it turns out that to change environment with spyder you need to launch it from the anaconda prompt windows otherwise it can’t connect to the gmt kernel. Problem solved 😅! Thank you again for your time 😉