where is python.h? / NumPy installation

[Robert Kern]

martino wrote:
> Hi, I am trying to install NumPy (v23.8) onder Macosx (panther
> version). Python (v2.3) is bundled into panther and I installed the
> IDE on top of that. After having untarred the source distribution in
> the desktop directory and typed
> 
> 
>>python setup.py install
> 
> 
> as recommended in the attached documentation, I get:
> 
> running install
> running build
> running build_py
> running build_ext
> building '_numpy' extension
> gcc -fno-strict-aliasing -Wno-long-double -no-cpp-precomp
> -mno-fused-madd -fno-common -dynamic -DNDEBUG -g -O3 -Wall
> -Wstrict-prototypes -I/System/Library/Frameworks/vecLib.framework/Headers
> -IInclude -IPackages/FFT/Include -IPackages/RNG/Include
> -I/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/include/python2.3
> -c Src/arrayobject.c -o
> build/temp.darwin-7.8.0-Power_Macintosh-2.3/Src/arrayobject.o
> Src/arrayobject.c:18:20: Python.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from Src/arrayobject.c:26:
> Include/Numeric/arrayobject.h:24: parse error before '*' token
> Include/Numeric/arrayobject.h:24: warning: type defaults to `int' in
> declaration of `PyArray_GetItemFunc'
> Include/Numeric/arrayobject.h:24: warning: data definition has no type
> or storage class
> Include/Numeric/arrayobject.h:25: parse error before '*' token
> Include/Numeric/arrayobject.h:25: warning: function declaration isn't
> a prototype
> 
> + zilions of error messages that probably stem from this first error
> (i.e. not finding this Python.h file). Now I have looked everywhere
> else on the hard drive and Python.h is nowhere to be seen. Should I
> install something else before attempting to install NumPy (but what?).
> Thanks a lot.

It *should* be
/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/include/python2.3/Python.h

In the meantime, you can snag a pre-built Numeric from

   http://pythonmac.org/packages/

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Robert Kern
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