[SciPy-user] Re: SciPy-user digest, Vol 1 #201 - 7 msgs

[Travis N. Vaught]

Hey Frank,

It sounds like you may be trying to import scipy from a python session
started in your build directory.  Try switching to another dir (like ~/ or
/) and begin the python session and try an import.  I won't tell you how
many times I have to force myself to remember this each week.

Travis

> -----Original Message-----
> From: scipy-user-admin at scipy.net [mailto:scipy-user-admin at scipy.net]On
> Behalf Of Viktor Hornak
> Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 1:58 PM
> To: scipy-user at scipy.net
> Subject: Re: [SciPy-user] Re: SciPy-user digest, Vol 1 #201 - 7 msgs
>
>
> Frank,
>
> I had problems building from tar files but after I checked out CVS tree
> directly (as Travis suggested) everything worked fine (including Chaco
> that I installed write after finishing scipy). I am running on RedHat
> 7.3 though, so versions for python, gcc, etc. are a bit different.
> You can clean your current built by:
> python setup.py clean
> I don't know why your build wasn't successful though, so maybe someone
> else can help with that...
>
> Good Luck,
> -Viktor
>
> Frank Gibbons wrote:
> > Travis,
> >
> > I tried this, and it does allow me to finish building, but why
> are there
> > no files in the xplt directory (except for setup_xplt.py), when I can
> > see them on the CVS page. I see that someone else had a similar problem
> > to me, with the downloaded tarball.
> >
> > Thanks for the tip. However....
> >
> > I realized that I needed to get the full LAPACK installation (and
> > therefore had to also build BLAS since I have no vendor-supplied
> > version). My full LAPACK weighs in at a healthy 6MB, and I followed the
> > procedures in the installation guide to replace ATLAS's wimpy
> version of
> > LAPACK with the real one. So far, so good. Now the setup script runs to
> > completion, but when I try to import scipy here's what happens:
> >
> > % ~/bin/python
> > Python 2.1.1 (#1, Aug  9 2001, 11:10:31)
> > [GCC egcs-2.91.66 19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release)] on linux2
> > Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
> >  >>> import scipy
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> >   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> >   File "/home/fgibbons/lib/python2.1/site-packages/scipy/__init__.py",
> > line 36, in ?
> >     from scipy_base import *
> >   File "scipy_base/__init__.py", line 99, in ?
> >     import fastumath
> > ImportError: No module named fastumath
> >
> > To summarize my setup, I'm using the following:
> >
> > Python 2.1.1
> > Numeric 21.0
> > ATLAS 3.4.1
> > f2py 2.23.190...
> > gcc 2.95.4
> > g77 (0.5.25 20010319)
> > on a Debian Linux box.
> >
> > Since I've had to go back and forth in the build process a few times, I
> > wonder if I might be able to just do the equivalent of 'make clean' and
> > start it fresh. I'm not very familiar with setup.py (why is this better
> > than make?) - can anyone tell me how to do the equivalent of
> 'make clean'?
> >
> > What is 'fastumath'? Where are the sources? How do I get them to build?
> >
> > Thanks a lot for the tips so far - I feel like I'm close, and I'm
> > drooling at the possibility of having LAPACK/BLAS power available from
> > Python!
> >
> > -Frank
> >
> > At 01:00 PM 10/5/2002, you wrote:
> >
> >> Message: 6
> >> From: "Travis N. Vaught" <travis at enthought.com>
> >> To: <scipy-user at scipy.net>
> >> Subject: RE: [SciPy-user] problems building - missing
> >> cvs/SciPy/xplt/gistCmodule.c
> >> Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2002 16:48:57 -0500
> >> Reply-To: scipy-user at scipy.net
> >>
> >> Frank,
> >>
> >> If you're OK with skipping xplt install (and it sounds like
> you are), you
> >> may edit the scipy/setup.py file like so:
> >>
> >> Line 103 old:
> >>         unix_packages = ['xplt']
> >>
> >> Line 103 new:
> >>         unix_packages = []
> >>
> >> I haven't tried this, but it should work and costs little to test.
> >>
> >> Travis
> >
> >
> > PhD, Computational Biologist,
> > Harvard Medical School BCMP/SGM-322, 250 Longwood Ave, Boston MA 02115,
> > USA.
> > Tel: 617-432-3555       Fax: 617-432-3557
> > http://llama.med.harvard.edu/~fgibbons
> >
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