Hi again,

I am trying to install and use the bvp package in scipy. I download
the source file in my home directory, then

  $ cd bvp-0.2.4
  $ sudo python setup.py build
  $ sudo python setup.py install

When I type (in python)
>>> import scipy.special
>>> import bvp

Iget the following error message:

Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
 File "bvp/__init__.py", line 6, in <module>
   import colnew
 File "bvp/colnew.py", line 63, in <module>
   import _colnew
ImportError: No module named _colnew

I use ubuntu 8.10 on a Dell inspiron. Thank you very much
(especially Robert Kern for rapid answer),

ozan

Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:00:55 -0600
From: "Robert Kern" <robert.kern@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [SciPy-user] bvp import problem
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On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 15:57, ozan bakis <ozanbakis@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am very new to python and scipy. As an economist I am especially
> interested in optimization
> and differential equations tools of scipy. I have tried the some of the
> online examples and have
> been impressed by how easy userfriendly it is. Thank you for great work.
>
> I have tried to install bvp package as explained ot its web site by
>>>> sudo python setup.py build
>
> I did not get any error.

That's how to build it. Now, you need to install it.

 $ sudo python setup.py install

Note that this, and the previous command, should be done at a terminal
shell, not the Python prompt.

> But when I want to import bvp I get the following:
>>>> import scipy as N
>>>> N.pkgload('special')

Don't use pkgload(). Just import scipy.special.

--
Robert Kern

"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless
enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as
though it had an underlying truth."
 -- Umberto Eco