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<DIV><FONT color=#000080 face=Garamond>re: "But it means that under some
conditions, numpy crashes before import."<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 face=Garamond>It it helps the debugging, I have a
standard Windows 64-bit configuration. Please let me know when this build
is fixed ... Cheers</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000080 face=Garamond>Dinesh</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Garamond><FONT color=#000080><B>Subject:</B> Re:
[Numpy-discussion] Installation problem with Numpy 1.3 onWindows
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<DIV><FONT color=#000080 face=Garamond>On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 8:02 AM, Dinesh B
Vadhia<BR><</FONT><A href="mailto:dineshbvadhia@hotmail.com"><FONT
color=#000080 face=Garamond>dineshbvadhia@hotmail.com</FONT></A><FONT
color=#000080 face=Garamond>> wrote:<BR>> Hi! I just upgraded to
Python 2.6.2 (from 2.5) on Windows AMD64 in order to<BR>> use Numpy 1.3 for
AMD64 and got the following error:<BR>><BR>> - pythonw.exe has stopped
working<BR>><BR>> Numpy was installed both per-machine and per-user but
the error persists.<BR>> Python 2.6.2 works without Numpy.<BR><BR>The 64 bits
build is experimental on windows - there is one<BR>fundamental issue which I
have not been able to nail down yet. It may<BR>be a numpy bug, a python bug, or
a mingw-w64 bug, I am not sure yet.<BR>But it means that under some conditions,
numpy crashes before import.<BR><BR>If you need a working 64 bits numpy, the
best bet is to build it by<BR>yourself using the MS compilers (the 64 bits
compilers are available<BR>for free if you install the platform SDK 6.0a or
later). But then you<BR>won't be able to build scipy on top of it unless you
manage to use a<BR>64 bits fortran
compiler.<BR><BR>David<BR><BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>