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Hi,<br>
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NumPy looks like the way to get computation done in Python. Now I'm
going through the learning curve of installing the module into
different linux OS's and Python versions. An extra need is to
install google code's h5py <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://code.google.com/p/h5py/">http://code.google.com/p/h5py/</a> which
depends on numpy.<br>
<br>
In trying a number of Python versions the 2.x's are yielding the
message " invalid Python installation"<br>
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raise DistutilsPlatformError(my_msg)<br>
distutils.errors.DistutilsPlatformError: invalid Python
installation: unable to open
/home/roger/Python-2.6.6/dist/lib/python2.6/config/Makefile (No such
file or directory)<br>
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From reading on the web it appears a Python-2.x.x-devel version is
needed. Yet no search combination comes back with where to get such
a thing(note: I need user installs/builds for security reasons).
Where are Python versions compatible with numpy?<br>
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<td valign="top">Building<br>
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<td valign="top">Python-2.6.6<br>
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<td valign="top">Python-2.7.1(fails to build)<br>
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<td valign="top">Python3.2beta2<br>
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<td valign="top">numpy1.5.1<br>
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<td valign="top">invalid Python installation</td>
<td valign="top">NA<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">success<br>
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<td valign="top">h5py1.3.1<br>
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<td valign="top">needs numpy<br>
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<td valign="top">NA<br>
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<td valign="top">fails<br>
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To start I need just one successful combination but will need more
cases depending on users of a new integration project.<br>
<br>
Interestingly your numpy 1.5.1's setup is in good shape to build
with Python3.2 yet I need to allow older versions for people's
systems not ready to upgrade that far.<br>
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