[SciPy-user] troubles installing Scipy on SUSE 10.1

[Travis Oliphant]

Nicolas Chopin wrote:

>     Dear Scipy users,
> I am sorry, but things are getting weirder and weirder...
>
> When I install Christian's rpm's, I get this:
>
>> python
>> Python 2.4.2 (#1, May  2 2006, 08:13:46)
>> [GCC 4.1.0 (SUSE Linux)] on linux2
>> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>> >>> from numpy import *
>> >>> from scipy import *
>> import linsolve.umfpack -> failed: cannot import name ArrayType
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
>>   File 
>> "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/scipy/ndimage/__init__.py", 
>> line 34, in ?
>>     from filters import *
>>   File 
>> "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/scipy/ndimage/filters.py", 
>> line 34, in ?
>>     import _nd_image
>> RuntimeError: module compiled against version 90709 of C-API but this 
>> version of numpy is 1000000
>
>
>
> Which suggests some incompatibility between numpy and scipy; but why 
> would it work for Christian and not for me?


For binary installs, the version number of scipy and numpy have to be 
compatible.   Right now, there is not a binary-released version of scipy 
that is compatible with numpy 1.0 beta.  This should change in a few days.


> So the only error messages I got (again, before trying to use 
> Christian's rpms), was when I tried to import scipy:
>
>>import linsolve.umfpack -> failed: liblapack.so.3: cannot open shared
>>> object file: No such file or directory
>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
>>>   File
>>> "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/scipy/linalg/__init__.py", line
>>> 8, in ?
>>>     from basic import *
>>>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/scipy/linalg/basic.py",
>>> line 17, in ?
>>>     from flinalg import get_flinalg_funcs
>>>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/scipy/linalg/flinalg.py",
>>> line 15, in ?
>>>     from numpy.distutils.misc_util import PostponedException
>>> ImportError: cannot import name PostponedException
>>  
>>

You've got an older version of scipy.  This command is not in current 
SVN version of scipy.

So, it looks like the problem is still that you are not installing a 
version of scipy that is compatible with NumPy 1.0 beta (right now, you 
have to check out the SVN version of scipy to get one that is).

-Travis