Vim shows: ImportError: No module named site. whil

Question

I have installed Canopy 1.1 express in Windows Xp 32, and I use vim as editor. When I typing :python print("hello") in command line of vim ,it shows: Importerror: No module named site and crashed. In fact, my vim cannot load and plugin written by python(such as jedi-vim), and cannot execute any statements written in python.

I have set the PYTHONHOME and PYTHONPATH as " User Python Environment ", and have read the answer in stackoverflow. In fact, I can use python, it works well. If I remove Canopy and use python 2.7 from Python Official, vim works well too. That means the environment of the system is right, and vim is right.

I think there must be something wrong between vim and canopy.

Answer 1

please check existence of site directory

Hint: python version below 2.7 does not have the jedi-vim support, so better disable jedi-vim and try

If the problem still persisting remove your existing python and try re-installing it

Answer 2

We've just dealt with a very similar issue here: https://github.com/davidhalter/jedi-vim/issues/207

It's OS X and not Windows, but I think the issue is the same one. You probably need to change sys.path or $PYTHONPATH somehow. I don't know why this is an issue with canopy or vim.