[SciPy-user] installation problem with dfftpack on linux

[Pearu Peterson]

On Sat, May 19, 2007 5:00 pm, Daniel Nogradi wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> I have the following installed on a Fedora 3 box:
>
> gcc-3.4.4-2.fc3
> gcc-c++-3.4.4-2.fc3
> gcc-g77-3.4.4-2.fc3
> libf2c-3.4.4-2.fc3
> libgcc-3.4.4-2.fc3
> compat-gcc-8-3.3.4.2
> compat-gcc-c++-8-3.3.4.2
>
> gcc4-4.0.0-0.41.fc3
> gcc4-gfortran-4.0.0-0.41.fc3
> gcc4-gfortran-4.0.0-0.41.fc3
> libgfortran-4.0.0-0.41.f
>
> and am trying to do a fresh install of scipy-0.5.2 but "python
> setup.py build_ext" is complaining about a missing f95 executable and
> ld about missing dfftpack .....

You can ignore messages about missing f95 executable, they are just
parts of compiler detection tools.

Libraries dfftpack and others are  built with build_clib command,
so sole build_ext is not enough. Use

  python build

to build scipy.

HTH,
Pearu