[SciPy-user] SciPy on OS X installation problem: ImportError: No module named scipy_distutils

[Michael Williams]

Hi Robert,

On 23 Oct 2005, at 14:12, Robert Kern wrote:
>> I checked SciPy out from SVN around twelve hours ago. When building I
>> get the following error:
>>
>>> ~/Desktop/scipy mike$ python setup.py build
>>>
>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>  File "setup.py", line 47, in ?
>>>    import scipy_distutils
>>> ImportError: No module named scipy_distutils
>>>
>
> Install the trunk of scipy_core first.
>
>   http://svn.scipy.org/svn/scipy_core/trunk/
>
> Note, that this is not the scipy_core that we are currently developing
> as the replacement for Numeric. That development is taking place on a
> branch.

Thanks. I get a lot further along now. "python setup.py build && sudo  
python setup.py install" worked fine on scipy_core.

I also get what seems like quite a long way through the build process  
on scipy, before it falls over with the following error:

/usr/bin/ld: can't locate file for: -lcc_dynamic
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
/usr/bin/ld: can't locate file for: -lcc_dynamic
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
error: Command "/usr/local/bin/g77 -undefined dynamic_lookup -bundle  
build/temp.darwin-8.2.0-Power_Macintosh-2.4/build/src/Lib/fftpack/ 
_fftpackmodule.o build/temp.darwin-8.2.0-Power_Macintosh-2.4/Lib/ 
fftpack/src/zfft.o build/temp.darwin-8.2.0-Power_Macintosh-2.4/Lib/ 
fftpack/src/drfft.o build/temp.darwin-8.2.0-Power_Macintosh-2.4/Lib/ 
fftpack/src/zrfft.o build/temp.darwin-8.2.0-Power_Macintosh-2.4/Lib/ 
fftpack/src/zfftnd.o build/temp.darwin-8.2.0-Power_Macintosh-2.4/ 
build/src/fortranobject.o -L/usr/local/lib -L/usr/local/lib/gcc/ 
powerpc-apple-darwin7.9.0/3.4.4 -Lbuild/temp.darwin-8.2.0- 
Power_Macintosh-2.4 -ldfftpack -lrfftw -lfftw -lg2c -lcc_dynamic -o  
build/lib.darwin-8.2.0-Power_Macintosh-2.4/scipy/fftpack/_fftpack.so"  
failed with exit status 1

Is this is related to the g77 ranlib problem described on the High  
Performance Computing on OS X page? This says:

http://hpc.sourceforge.net/
> Note: You may need to ranlib some libs after you install. The  
> compiler will tell you which ones when you try to use it. In that  
> case, simply do a sudo ranlib -s on each such library. On Tiger you  
> may need to add the flags -lSystemStub -lcc_dynamic for the last  
> linking step to be successful.

I have no experience with Fortran or C beyond "Hello, World!", so am  
left at a loss by this sentence. Assuming it is the cause of my new  
problem building SciPy, could someone perhaps explain it to me?

I am conscious of the fact that I may now be wandering off topic for  
this list, so if I should take things elsewhere (e.g. pythonmac-sig  
or a Fortran group), please don't hesitate to tell me to go away!

Thanks again,
-- Mike Williams