[SciPy-user] scipy can't find Numeric header files during install

[Yaroslav Bulatov]

> >I've installed Numeric and headers went to " ~/usr/include/python2.3/Numeric/"
> >But now when I install SciPy by doing "python setup.py install
> >--prefix=~/usr", it says
> >
> >Lib/cluster/src/vq_wrap.cpp:563:33: Numeric/arrayobject.h: No such
> >file or directory
> >
> >How can I tell it to look in "~/usr/include/python2.3/Numeric/" for
> >Numeric headers?
> >
> >
> >
> 
> Good question.  I'm not sure exactly how the include directories are
> found.   You may need to install Numeric first with the same prefix (do
> you have a python installation with that prefix?)
> 
> But, you could try some things.
> 
> Doing...
> 
> python setup.py --help config
> 
> I got the message
> 
> Global options:
>   --verbose (-v)  run verbosely (default)
>   --quiet (-q)    run quietly (turns verbosity off)
>   --dry-run (-n)  don't actually do anything
>   --help (-h)     show detailed help message
> 
> Options for 'config' command:
>   --compiler           specify the compiler type
>   --cc                 specify the compiler executable
>   --include-dirs (-I)  list of directories to search for header files
>   --define (-D)        C preprocessor macros to define
>   --undef (-U)         C preprocessor macros to undefine
>   --libraries (-l)     external C libraries to link with
>   --library-dirs (-L)  directories to search for external C libraries
>   --noisy              show every action (compile, link, run, ...) taken
>   --dump-source        dump generated source files before attempting to
>                        compile them
>   --fcompiler          specify the Fortran compiler type
> 
> usage: setup.py [global_opts] cmd1 [cmd1_opts] [cmd2 [cmd2_opts] ...]
>    or: setup.py --help [cmd1 cmd2 ...]
>    or: setup.py --help-commands
>    or: setup.py cmd --help
> 
> 
> So, I suspect that
> 
> python setup.py --prefix=~/usr config --include-dirs
> /usr/include/python2.3 install
> 
> might work.
> 
> You might have to run the build command first and then the install
> command.

OK that worked thanks