[SciPy-User] Completing source install of numpy/scipy

[Yury V. Zaytsev]

On Mon, 2011-05-02 at 10:31 +0000, Miha Marolt wrote: 
> I was trying to do something similar, not because of speed though, but because
> packages in Debian stable are outdated. Here is what i found out:
> 
> su root
> checkinstall python setup.py install --prefix=$HOME/local

Yes, a very bad way of doing it...

> So i think it is generally a bad idea to mess with package management system
> like this. What is the alternative? 

Use virtualenv! (this also answers the question of the OP)

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Sincerely yours,
Yury V. Zaytsev