Can't build numpy on my Windows 7 desktop computer
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I have been unable to install on my Windows 7 desktop computer, which is a Dell - I had no problems installing it on my new laptop, which is also a Dell. When I try to run the superpack .exe file, I get a message claiming that Python2.7 is not in the registry even though it is and even though I was able to install pyodbc. If I download the zip file and try to use setup.py, I get messages like "No module named msvccompiler in numpy.distutils: trying from distutils error: unable to find vcvarsall.bat" I have no idea what this means or what to do about it.
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On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 1:36 PM, Jeffrey Ken Smith <jks257@cornell.edu> wrote:
Really bad error message - you are probably trying to install a 64 bit numpy into a 32 bit python, or vice versa -- make sure you are doing both the same. And I recommend the binaries from here: http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/ (or Anaconda or Canopy) -Chris
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one more note:
It means it is trying to compile numpy, and you don't have the compiler set up to do that. But I suspect you don't want to anyway. -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception Chris.Barker@noaa.gov
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On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 1:36 PM, Jeffrey Ken Smith <jks257@cornell.edu> wrote:
Really bad error message - you are probably trying to install a 64 bit numpy into a 32 bit python, or vice versa -- make sure you are doing both the same. And I recommend the binaries from here: http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/ (or Anaconda or Canopy) -Chris
-- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception Chris.Barker@noaa.gov
![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5dde29b54a3f1b76b2541d0a4a9b232c.jpg?s=120&d=mm&r=g)
one more note:
It means it is trying to compile numpy, and you don't have the compiler set up to do that. But I suspect you don't want to anyway. -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception Chris.Barker@noaa.gov
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