[SciPy-user] SciPy setup problem under RH 7.3

[Pearu Peterson]

On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, Dave Bazell wrote:

> I just tried installing scipy on my redhat 7.3 system.  I installed
> the fftw package and the numpy (numeric22) package and then the scipy
> package.  When I start python and try to access scipy to run the test
> module I get some errors and the tests don't run.  Perhaps someone can
> seem my error and enlighten me.  I have included printout to detail
> the problems
> 
> You are now leaving help and returning to the Python interpreter.
> If you want to ask for help on a particular object directly from the
> interpreter, you can type "help(object)".  Executing "help('string')"
> has the same effect as typing a particular string at the help> prompt.
> >>> 
> >>> import scipy
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages/scipy/__init__.py", line 41, in ?
>     from handy import *
>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages/scipy/handy.py", line 1, in ?
>     import Numeric
>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages/Numeric/Numeric.py", line 93, in ?
>     from Precision import *
>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages/Numeric/Precision.py", line 26, in ?
>     _code_table = _fill_table(typecodes)
>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages/Numeric/Precision.py", line 23, in _fill_table
>     table[key] = _get_precisions(value)
>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages/Numeric/Precision.py", line 18, in _get_precisions
>     lst.append( (zeros( (1,), t ).itemsize()*8, t) )
> ValueError: Invalid type for array

This is just a wild guess: did you have some older version of Numeric
installed before? If yes, could you check that Numeric install acctually
copied the latest version of arrayobject.h to
/usr/local/include/python2.2/Numeric?

Pearu

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