Can you send the full output of
ATLAS=$HOME/ATLAS/lib/Linux_P4SSE2_2/ python setup.py build
? Make sure that you also include stderr messages.
yes, this is what I get now: scipy_distutils 0.1.13-alpha-93 running build running build_py not copying /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/scipy/scipy_distutils/__init__.py (output up-to-date) not copying /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/scipy/scipy_distutils/auto_test.py (output up-to-date) not copying /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/scipy/scipy_distutils/core.py (output up-to-date) not copying /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/scipy/scipy_distutils/dist.py (output up-to-date) not copying /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/scipy/scipy_distutils/extension.py (output up-to-date) not copying /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/scipy/scipy_distutils/line_endings.py (output up-to-date) not copying /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/scipy/scipy_distutils/logging.py (output up-to-date) not copying /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/scipy/scipy_distutils/mingw32_support.py (output up-to-date) not copying /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/scipy/scipy_distutils/misc_util.py (output up-to-date) not copying /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/scipy/scipy_distutils/setup_scipy_distutils.py (output up-to-date) not copying /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/scipy/scipy_distutils/system_info.py (output up-to-date) not copying /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/scipy/scipy_distutils/__version__.py (output up-to-date) not copying /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/scipy/scipy_distutils/command/__init__.py (output up-to-date) not copying /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/scipy/scipy_distutils/command/build.py (output up-to-date) not copying /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/scipy/scipy_distutils/command/build_clib.py (output up-to-date) not copying /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/scipy/scipy_distutils/command/build_ext.py (output up-to-date) not copying /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/scipy/scipy_distutils/command/build_flib.py (output up-to-date) not copying /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/scipy/scipy_distutils/command/build_py.py (output up-to-date) not copying /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/scipy/scipy_distutils/command/cpuinfo.py (output up-to-date) not copying /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/scipy/scipy_distutils/command/install.py (output up-to-date) not copying /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/scipy/scipy_distutils/command/install_data.py (output up-to-date) not copying /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/scipy/scipy_distutils/command/install_headers.py (output up-to-date) not copying /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/scipy/scipy_distutils/command/run_f2py.py (output up-to-date) not copying /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/scipy/scipy_distutils/command/sdist.py (output up-to-date) Ops, I also wonder whether all permissions are OK, since I've been installing everything as root ... Giovanni