David,
Klaus Noekel wrote:
I doubt that the DLL was not physically present and rather suspect a dependency on some other DLL that was missing. The INSTALL.TXT unfortunately was not helpful. Can anybody please explain what other dependencies exist? Anything else I need to install?
This exact problem is specific to IDLE - I don't know what triggers it. Today, the best solution for a 64 bits numpy on windows is to built it yourself with MS compilers - the distributed one is built with mingw compilers, and there still seems to be some stability problems with those. Unfortunately, as the mingw debugger does not work either on 64 bits archs, finding the problem is quite hard.
I don't believe that the problem is specific to IDLE. Python also crashes when I put nothing but "import numpy" in a file and execute it with python.exe. Regarding the note on building numpy myself: the discussion in this forum scared me a little, because of the challenge to build LAPACK with a compatible Fortran compiler etc. That and the fact that I do not have MSVC 2008 (only 2005) keeps me from trying it. Any chance that a MS-based installer will materialize soon? Or are there any mingw-specific runtime libraries that I need to install so that the mingw-based numpy works? Thanks for your help! Klaus Noekel -- Neu: GMX FreeDSL Komplettanschluss mit DSL 6.000 Flatrate + Telefonanschluss für nur 17,95 Euro/mtl.!* http://dslspecial.gmx.de/freedsl-aktionspreis/?ac=OM.AD.PD003K11308T4569a