[SciPy-user] scipy fails on OS X 10.4 -- RETRACTION

[Tony Mannucci]

Sorry, the docs are getting better, as is support for OS X.

This very problem is solved using the source build instructions on 
the scipy site. Sorry for the hassle.

-Tony

At 1:27 AM -0700 4/29/06, Tony Mannucci wrote:
>I downloaded the binary version of scipy from www.scipy.org/Download 
>for OS X 10.4. I installed in the usual OS X way (from .dmg package 
>file).
>
>I get the "old" error I used to see:
>
>>>>  import scipy
>>>>  scipy.test(level=1)
>
>import signal -> failed: Failure linking new module: 
>/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/site-packages/scipy/fftpack/_fftpack.so: 
>Symbol not found: _fprintf$LDBLStub
>   Referenced from: 
>/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/site-packages/scipy/fftpack/_fftpack.so
>   Expected in: dynamic lookup
>
>Versions:
>>>>  scipy.__version__
>'0.4.8'
>>>>  scipy.__numpy_version__
>'0.9.6'
>
>I have selected gcc 3.3 using gcc_select. I had this problem before 
>when I built from source, and it had to do with the gcc version I 
>was using along with g77.
>
>Thanks for your help.
>
>-Tony

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