[Pythonmac-SIG] problems with installing scipy on mac

[Robert Kern]

Benjamin Abecassis wrote:
> Hi all,
> I had to re-install macosX and i'm struggling to re)install scipy...
> I think i have installed everything necessary but the installation exits with
> 
> sh: line 1: f95: command not found
> sh: line 1: f95: command not found
> error: Command "f95 -fixed -O4 -c -c Lib/fftpack/dfftpack/dcosqb.f -o
> build/temp.darwin-7.3.1-Power_Macintosh-2.3/Lib/fftpack/dfftpack/dcosqb.o"
> failed with exit status 127
> 
> furthermore it says
> Could not locate executable g77
> Could not locate executable f77
> 
> whereas g77 is installed and present in usr/local/bin   !!!???
> another problem is thath gnuplot does not start when i simply type
> 'gnuplot' in a terminal window i have to type 'usr/local/bin/gnuplot' for
> it to work.
> May these problem be related ??

Probably you don't have /usr/local/bin in your PATH environment variable.

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