a scipy installation problem?

[Robin Munn]

avik <avharut at netscape.net> wrote:
> Hi. I need to use SciPy (a library of scientific tools for python) but
> I runned upon a problem after installing it. I downloaded the binaries
> from scipy.org and copied the contents of the archive in the
> /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/ (there I have a number of other
> modules and the "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages" is in the
> sys.path). What I use are: Python 2.2.1 on linux2 and
> SciPy-0.2.0_alpha_200.4161.linux2_py.tar.gz
> Then, this is what I get...
>
>>>> from scipy import *
> Segmentation fault (core dumped)
>
> Everything seems to be ok when I import a different module (for
> plotting) that comes together with scipy (simply, it is another folder
> isnide of the same folder /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/chaco):
>
>>>> from chaco import *
>>>> 
>
> This is probably something simple, but I just start to use python and
> have no experience in programming, so I can not figure out where the
> problem is.
> Does anyone know what's needed to do so as to make it working?
> Thanks in advance. 
> Regards

What happens if you do "import scipy" instead of "from scipy import *"?

"from ... import *" is _almost_ always a bad idea anyway, since it
clutters up your namespace. It also causes issues with the reload()
function. Avoid that usage unless you *really* know what you're doing.

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Robin Munn
rmunn at pobox.com