Installing and running opensoundscape

[leahgray1]

Hello,

Im very new to coding, so apologies in advance. I am trying to install and use opensoundscape, but I am running into some trouble. I have followed the instructions for downloading opensoundscape for microsoft (using ubuntu and anaconda) and it seems to install fine. However, Im not sure how you then get it to work in python. I have python 3.9, and when I try to import anything into python I get this error:

"ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'opensoundscape'"

(Im just using lines from the tutorials:
from opensoundscape.audio import Audio
from opensoundscape.spectrogram import Spectrogram
)

Is there a step I am missing to import the module into python? or is it some sort of other issue e.g. path problems?

Thanks in advance for any help!

[sammlapp]

Hi @leahgray1 , I think the "missing step" here is selecting the Python environment you want to use. If you have followed the instructions here, you created a "virtual environment" (perhaps called opensoundscape if you followed the tutorial exactly) and installed the opensoundscape package within that environment. To use the package, you'll need to use that environment in python. This tutorial gives a decent beginner's intro to Python environments.

Depending on how you are using python (command line or Jupyter Lab or something else) you will activate your Python environment in a slightly different way. To interact with Python in a notebook environment (similar to R notebooks, a combination of code, visuals, and text) take a look at this part of the OpenSoundscape documentation. In short, you need to let Jupyter know about the environment, for instance by running:

python -m ipykernel install --user --name opensoundscape

then choose your environment from the drop-down menu or launch panel in JupyterLab.

To simply run python in command line, just make sure to active your environment first (conda activate opensoundscape) before starting python by running python or ipython)

If you have further questions or think your issue is not related to choosing the correct environment, feel free to respond below!

[leahgray1]

Hello,

Thanks alot for your help - Ive managed to get it up and running in Jupyter Lab.