[Numpy-discussion] Can't build numpy on my Windows 7 desktop computer

[Chris Barker]

On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 1:36 PM, Jeffrey Ken Smith <jks257 at cornell.edu>
wrote:

>  I have been unable to install on my Windows 7 desktop computer, which is
> a Dell – I had no problems installing it on my new laptop, which is also a
> Dell. When I try to run the superpack .exe file, I get a message claiming
> that Python2.7 is not in the registry even though it is and even though I
> was able to install pyodbc.
>

Really bad error message - you are probably trying to install a 64 bit
numpy into a 32 bit python, or vice versa -- make sure you are doing both
the same.

And I recommend the binaries from here:

http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/

(or Anaconda or Canopy)

-Chris




>  If I download the zip file and try to use setup.py, I get messages like
>
>
>
> “No module named msvccompiler in numpy.distutils: trying from distutils
>
> error: unable to find vcvarsall.bat”
>
>
>
> I have no idea what this means or what to do about it.
>
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