[Numpy-discussion] Installation of Numerical Python

[Robert Kern]

On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 16:26, Linda Seltzer
<lseltzer at alumni.caltech.edu> wrote:
> Hello Group Members:
>
> Can someone please answer a question about installing Numerical Python and
> getting it to work.  I downloaded the files.  They are in
> C:\Program Files\Python25
>
> I have the python code and also the new file
> numpy-1.2.0-win32-superpack-python2.5
>
> There is also a text file, numpy.wininst, and the last line of this file is:
> 200 File Copy: C:\Program
> Files\Python25\Lib\site-packages\numpy\add_newdocs.pyo
>
> I have these lines in my program:
> import Numeric
> from Numeric import *
>
> The problem is that when I run my python program in IDLE, I receive the
> following error message:
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "C:\Documents and Settings\music1\My
> Documents\Aerostream\aerostream\Reed
> Solomon\python-rscode\python-rscode\GF16genroot2a.py", line 18, in
> <module>
>    import Numeric
> ImportError: No module named Numeric
>>>>
>
> I would be most appreciative of any clear, detailed instructions on where
> the Numeric Python files should be located and how to get this package to
> work.

Numeric is an old, obsolete package. numpy is the successor. You
installed numpy, not Numeric. Unfortunately, there is no Python 2.5
binary available for Numeric. I am not familiar with the Reed Solomon
coding package that you are using, so I don't know if there is an
updated version that uses numpy instead of Numeric. If it is open
source, and you can show us the source, we can help you convert it to
use numpy.

-- 
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