I made some progress.  I tried this command in the cloned version of scikit-image and it got fairly deep into the compilation process:

python setup.py install --prefix ~/SCIKIT

However, it ultimately failed with these error messages:

Processing dependencies for scikit-image==0.13.dev0
Searching for PyWavelets>=0.4.0
Reading https://pypi.python.org/simple/PyWavelets/
Download error on https://pypi.python.org/simple/PyWavelets/: unknown url type: https -- Some packages may not be found!
Couldn't find index page for 'PyWavelets' (maybe misspelled?)
Scanning index of all packages (this may take a while)
Reading https://pypi.python.org/simple/
Download error on https://pypi.python.org/simple/: unknown url type: https -- Some packages may not be found!
No local packages or download links found for PyWavelets>=0.4.0
error: Could not find suitable distribution for Requirement.parse('PyWavelets>=0.4.0')

What is the cause of this?

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