[Numpy-discussion] NumPy 1.0.3 release next week

[Johannes Loehnert]

Hi,

in error logs as yours, always look for the first line which says "error". If 
it is, like in your case, something like

On Sunday, 13. May 2007 19:21:15 dmitrey wrote:
> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.1.2/include/limits.h:122:61: error:
> limits.h: No such file or directory

you are missing some dependencies for the build. Although I am a bit puzzled 
that the standard C libraries seem to be missing. Try the following:

sudo apt-get build-essential

This gets all the standard packages for compiling software (compiler, 
automake, autoconf, etc.)

Then you need the dependencies for numpy. Afaik this is just the python-dev 
package. The most convenient way is

apt-get build-dep numpy

If you compile software which has no corresponding Ubuntu package, you have to 
find out about the deps yourself. Usually the README and/or INSTALL file 
contain this information. You always need the package with -dev at the end.

Having installed all this, setup should run fine.

HTH,
Johannes <-- who uses SVN numpy&scipy under Kubuntu 7.04