[SciPy-User] Error while installing scipy from source and with --prefix option.

Atul Kulkarni atulskulkarni at gmail.com
Sat Sep 26 18:01:43 EDT 2009


I just checked. No, it does not. I installed it the same way, anything
special i need to do to include that in my regular installation?

On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 5:58 PM, Robert Kern <robert.kern at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 16:54, Atul Kulkarni <atulskulkarni at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I am trying to install scipy without super user permissions and hence
> using
> > --prefix options to install at a location where I can use it. I have
> > installed numpy the same way. But I get this error.
> >
> > $ python setup.py install --prefix=/home/atul/
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> >   File "setup.py", line 160, in <module>
> >     setup_package()
> >   File "setup.py", line 127, in setup_package
> >     from numpy.distutils.core import setup
> > ImportError: No module named numpy.distutils.core
> >
> > am i doing something wrong? Does Scipy need numpy installed in the main
> > installation? Please help.
>
> Are you sure that your installation of numpy works? Can you import
> numpy and numpy.distutils.core?
>
> --
> Robert Kern
>
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Regards,
Atul Kulkarni
www.d.umn.edu/~kulka053
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