[Pythonmac-SIG] Won't Install Numarray-1.1.1 or Numeric_23.6

[Bob Ippolito]

On Dec 7, 2004, at 11:57, Benjamin Abécassis wrote:

>
> Hi everyone,
> I can't install Numarray-1.1.1 or Numeric_23.6
> After typing, python setup.py install
> it tells,
>
> error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1
>
> Here is the complete log :
>
> 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-7.6.0-Power_Macintosh-2.3/Src/arrayobject.o
> unable to execute gcc: No such file or directory
> error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1
>
>
> If anyone is aware of that problem ??!! Apart from that python seems  
> to mork pretty well...

You're going to need to install Xcode.  A default installation of Mac  
OS X does not have a C compiler.

You could get a binary installer for Numeric 23.6 from here in the  
meantime, though:
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/pythonmac-sig/2004-November/012077.html

-bob