[AstroPy] Additional Package Installation problem
Ralph Morgan
ralph.morgan at my.jcu.edu.au
Fri Aug 24 22:49:15 EDT 2012
I tried following the instructions given in the Installing Scientific Python tutorial (http://python4astronomers.github.com/installation/python_install.html) after installing the current EDP academic version (EDP-7.3-2) of python 2.7 on my Windows system (7 Home Premium ver 6.1 build 7601 SP1) without any problems, but get error messages when attempting the 'Install Additional Packages' commands the tutorial lists for Windows:
Enthought Python Distribution -- www.enthought.com<http://www.enthought.com>
Python 2.7.3 |EPD 7.3-2 (32-bit)| (default, Apr 12 2012, 14:30:37) [MSC v.1500 3
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Welcome to pylab, a matplotlib-based Python environment [backend: WXAgg].
For more information, type 'help(pylab)'.
In [1]: cd C:\Python27\Scripts
C:\Python27\Scripts
In [2]: easy_install.exe --upgrade pip
File "<ipython-input-2-9ddc46f55be3>", line 1
easy_install.exe --upgrade pip
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
In [3]: pip.exe install --upgrade distribute
File "<ipython-input-3-5a79986fb019>", line 1
pip.exe install --upgrade distribute
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
Any hints on what to do? Is the tutorial out of date?
I also get some error messages when running the commands the tutorial provides in the 'Test your installation' section:
In [4]: % python -V
ERROR: Magic function `python` not found.
In [5]: % ipython -V
ERROR: Magic function `ipython` not found.
In [6]: % ipython -pylab
ERROR: Magic function `ipython` not found.
In [7]: import numpy
In [8]: import scipy
In [9]: import scipy.linalg
In [10]: print numpy.__version__
1.6.1
In [11]: print scipy.__version__
0.10.1
In [12]: print matplotlib.__version__
1.1.0
And since the easy_install.exe upgrade didn't work, I can't install some of the required packages:
In [13]: import asciitable
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
ImportError Traceback (most recent call last)
C:\Python27\Scripts\<ipython-input-13-4cd71165d355> in <module>()
----> 1 import asciitable
ImportError: No module named asciitable
Is there a suitable forum that answers such newbie questions?
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