HTSeq - NameError: name 're' is not defined

[ssb]

I'm trying to use HTSeq but getting "NameError: name 're' is not defined" after import HTSeq command. As I'm a novice, I don't know how to resolve the issue. It would be nice if someone could help me in getting through.
>>> import HTSeq

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<pyshell#11>", line 1, in <module>
import HTSeq
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\HTSeq\__init__.py", line 144, in <module>
_re_attr_main = re.compile( "\s*([^\s\=]+)[\s=]+(.*)" )
NameError: name 're' is not defined

[fanli]

Does this work for you?

import re

Did you follow the installation instructions for Windows?

[ssb]

Yes, I followed all instructions.
No, "import re" doesn't work. See below,


>>> import re
>>> import HTSeq

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<pyshell#1>", line 1, in <module>
import HTSeq
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\HTSeq\__init__.py", line 9, in <module>
from _HTSeq import *
File "numpy.pxd", line 155, in init HTSeq._HTSeq (src/_HTSeq.c:34392)
ValueError: numpy.dtype has the wrong size, try recompiling
>>> import HTSeq

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<pyshell#2>", line 1, in <module>
import HTSeq
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\HTSeq\__init__.py", line 144, in <module>
_re_attr_main = re.compile( "\s*([^\s\=]+)[\s=]+(.*)" )
NameError: name 're' is not defined

[fanli]

Probably should try recompiling numpy:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17709641/valueerror-numpy-dtype-has-the-wrong-size-try-recompiling

[maubp]

How did you install HTSeq and NumPy?

My guess is you have a mis-match between the version of NumPy installed, and the version that HTSeq expects (i.e. what it was compiled against).

[ssb]

Thanks fanli!
I'll recompile and check whether the same error comes again or not.
Is R / Bioconductor useful in high throughput sequence analysis?

[fanli]

Yes, R is pretty handy for all sorts of statistical things. For example, differential expression testing using edgeR, DESeq2, etc.

[ssb]

Thanks fanli!