[Numpy-discussion] trouble building numpy 1.6.1 on Scientific Linux 5

[Russell E. Owen]

In article 
<CABL7CQjeZMtsWcUPj0Kgfjz4XC4aRrwn24Bi3svzjwcc2t9ZWA at mail.gmail.com>,
 Ralf Gommers <ralf.gommers at googlemail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 8:02 PM, Russell E. Owen <rowen at uw.edu> wrote:
> 
> > I'm trying to build numpy 1.6.1 on Scientific Linux 5 but the unit tests
> > claim the wrong version of fortran was used. I thought I knew how to
> > avoid that, but it's not working.
> >
> >...(elided text that suggests numpy is building using g77 even though I asked for gfortran)...
> >
> > Any suggestions on how to fix this?
> >
> 
> I assume you have g77 installed and on your PATH. If so, try moving it off
> your path.

Yes. I would have tried that if I had known how to do it (though I'm 
puzzled why it would be wanted since I told the installer to use 
gfortran).

The problem is that g77 is in /usr/bin/ and I don't have root privs on 
this system.

-- Russell