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import os os.getcwd() *'/home/idris/cos/scos190'* import numpy Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> File "/usr/local/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/numpy/__init__.py",

Benjamin, I am not in numpy install dir and have the error however: #python Python 2.6 (r26:66714, Nov 9 2010, 01:31:57) [GCC 4.3.4 [gcc-4_3-branch revision 152973]] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. line 127, in <module> raise ImportError(msg) ImportError: Error importing numpy: you should not try to import numpy from its source directory; please exit the numpy source tree, and relaunch your python intepreter from there. Benjamin Root wrote:

On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 10:04 AM, Mustapha BOUIKHIF mailto:mustapha.bouikhif@idris.fr> wrote:

Hello all,

I am having problems with numpy (version 1.5.1)

when executing this command as root, evry thing is OK: python -Wd -c 'import numpy; numpy.test()'

Running unit tests for numpy NumPy version 1.5.1 NumPy is installed in /usr/local/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/numpy Python version 2.6 (r26:66714, Nov 9 2010, 01:31:57) [GCC 4.3.4 [gcc-4_3-branch revision 152973]] nose version 1.0.0

...................... Ran 3006 tests in 14.088s

OK (KNOWNFAIL=4)

But as a normal user (non root), the same command show errors:

python -Wd -c 'import numpy; numpy.test()' Traceback (most recent call last): File "<string>", line 1, in <module> File "/usr/local/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/numpy/__init__.py", line 127, in <module> raise ImportError(msg) ImportError: Error importing numpy: you should not try to import numpy from its source directory; please exit the numpy source tree, and relaunch your python intepreter from there.

Python 2.6 Linux <machine> 2.6.32.27-0.2-default x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux modules are in /usr/local/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/

Any help will be appreciated.

Mustapha,

"ImportError: Error importing numpy: you should not try to import numpy from its source directory; please exit the numpy source tree, and relaunch your python intepreter from there."

It is generally a bad idea to import installed modules directly from their source directory. Just change your working directory to another location where "numpy" is not a directory, and you should be able to run the tests.

Ben Root

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Thu, 24 Feb 2011 10:40:17 -0600, Benjamin Root wrote: [clip]

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import numpy Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> File "/usr/local/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/numpy/__init__.py", line 127, in <module> raise ImportError(msg) ImportError: Error importing numpy: you should not try to import numpy from its source directory; please exit the numpy source tree, and relaunch your python intepreter from there. [clip] Are there any directories called "numpy" in /home/idris/cos/scos190? Could you try cd-ing over to another directory and trying again?

Another possible reason is that Numpy was installed wrong (as the numpy.__config__ module is apparently missing). Numpy needs to be installed via "python setup.py install", manually copying the "numpy" directory is not enough. -- Pauli Virtanen

Pauli Virtanen wrote:

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 16:47:14 +0000, Pauli Virtanen wrote:

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Another possible reason is that Numpy was installed wrong (as the numpy.__config__ module is apparently missing). Numpy needs to be installed via "python setup.py install", manually copying the "numpy" directory is not enough.

Or, the permissions of "/usr/local/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/numpy/ __config__.py" (and possibly other files) are such that only root can read them.

Numpy was installed correctly. It was a permission problem: many files were not readable by non-root users. It works fine now. Thanks. -- Cordialement Mustapha Bouikhif CNRS - IDRIS Tel: +33 1 69 35 85 27 Fax: +33 1 69 35 37 75 E-mail: mustapha.bouikhif@idris.fr http://www.idris.fr