[Numpy-discussion] Instaling numpy without root access

[Julian Taylor]

On 10.10.2014 19:26, Lahiru Samarakoon wrote:
> Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 5.8
> gcc (GCC) 4.1.2
> 
> I am also trying to install numpy 1.9.

that is the broken platform, please try the master branch or the
maintenance/1.9.x branch, those should work now.

Are there volunteers to report this to redhat?

> 
> On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 12:59 AM, Julian Taylor
> <jtaylor.debian at googlemail.com <mailto:jtaylor.debian at googlemail.com>>
> wrote:
> 
>     On 10.10.2014 18:51, Lahiru Samarakoon wrote:
>     > Dear all,
>     >
>     > I am trying to install numpy without root access. So I am building from
>     > the source.  I have installed atlas which also has lapack with it.  I
>     > changed the site.cfg file as given below
>     >
>     > [DEFAULT]
>     > library_dirs = /home/svu/a0095654/ATLAS/build/lib
>     > include_dirs = /home/svu/a0095654/ATLAS/build/include
>     >
>     >
>     > However, I am getting a segmentation fault when importing numpy.
>     >
>     > Please advise. I also put the build log file at the end of the email if
>     > necessary.
> 
> 
>     Which platform are you working on? Which compiler version?
>     We just solved a segfault on import on red hat 5 gcc 4.1.2. Very likely
>     caused by a compiler bug. See https://github.com/numpy/numpy/issues/5163
> 
>     The build log is complaining about your atlas being to small, possibly
>     the installation is broken?
> 
>