[SciPy-user] bvp import problem

Robert Kern robert.kern at gmail.com
Mon Nov 24 17:00:55 EST 2008


On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 15:57, ozan bakis <ozanbakis at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am very new to python and scipy. As an economist I am especially
> interested in optimization
> and differential equations tools of scipy. I have tried the some of the
> online examples and have
> been impressed by how easy userfriendly it is. Thank you for great work.
>
> I have tried to install bvp package as explained ot its web site by
>>>> sudo python setup.py build
>
> I did not get any error.

That's how to build it. Now, you need to install it.

  $ sudo python setup.py install

Note that this, and the previous command, should be done at a terminal
shell, not the Python prompt.

> But when I want to import bvp I get the following:
>>>> import scipy as N
>>>> N.pkgload('special')

Don't use pkgload(). Just import scipy.special.

-- 
Robert Kern

"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless
enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as
though it had an underlying truth."
  -- Umberto Eco



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