Error “mach-o, but wrong architecture” after installing anaconda on mac

Question

I am getting an architecture error while importing any package, i understand my Python might not be compatible, can't understand it. Current Python Version - 2.7.10

`MyMachine:desktop *********$ python pythonmath.py Traceback (most recent call last): File "pythonmath.py", line 1, in import math ImportError: dlopen(/Users/*********/anaconda/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload/math.so, 2): no suitable image found. Did find: /Users/**********/anaconda/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload/math.so: mach-o, but wrong architecture MyMachine:desktop ***********$ python pythonmath.py Traceback (most recent call last): File "pythonmath.py", line 1, in import math ImportError: dlopen(/Users/anaconda/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload/math.so, 2): no suitable image found. Did find: /Users/***********/anaconda/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload/math.so: mach-o, but wrong architecture

Answer 1

you are mixing 32bit and 64bit versions of python. probably you installed 64bit python version on a 32bit computer. go on and uninstall python and reinstall it with the right configuration.

Answer 2

This issue is most probably due to messed up python installation. You can try uninstalling python from your os (Take this answer for help How to uninstall Python 2.7 on a Mac OS X 10.6.4?)

And reinstall python. This worked for me.