[SciPy-user] installation problem with dfftpack on linux

[Daniel Nogradi]

> > 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.

Thanks very much, indeed, build_clib, build_ext, build works (in this order).

Daniel