Q:

conda gfortran on osx failed link issue

This issue is apparently well known and widely referenced. I'm running a python 
code using a conda installed environment on OSX. I'm getting

ImportError: dlopen(/Users/me/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/numpy/core/multiarray.so,
  2): Library not loaded: @rpath/libgfortran.3.dylib

This happens regardless of whether I install gcc in the environment. All the suggested work arounds I found aren't applicable to my case. It's been hours of googling. 
Can someone please provide relevant suggestion to get over this hump?

A:

Your gfortran is too new for your version of Python. Your Python requires libgfortran version 3, but GCC 7 has libgfortran version 4. You will have to install GCC version 6 or older.
See a similar issue on Linux R v3.4.0-2 unable to find libgfortran.so.3 on Arch

