Yaroslav Bulatov wrote:

I'm trying to install scipy with --prefix=~/usr option

I've installed Numeric and headers went to " ~/usr/include/python2.3/Numeric/" But now when I install SciPy by doing "python setup.py install --prefix=~/usr", it says

Lib/cluster/src/vq_wrap.cpp:563:33: Numeric/arrayobject.h: No such file or directory

How can I tell it to look in "~/usr/include/python2.3/Numeric/" for Numeric headers?

Good question. I'm not sure exactly how the include directories are found. You may need to install Numeric first with the same prefix (do you have a python installation with that prefix?) But, you could try some things. Doing... python setup.py --help config I got the message Global options: --verbose (-v) run verbosely (default) --quiet (-q) run quietly (turns verbosity off) --dry-run (-n) don't actually do anything --help (-h) show detailed help message Options for 'config' command: --compiler specify the compiler type --cc specify the compiler executable --include-dirs (-I) list of directories to search for header files --define (-D) C preprocessor macros to define --undef (-U) C preprocessor macros to undefine --libraries (-l) external C libraries to link with --library-dirs (-L) directories to search for external C libraries --noisy show every action (compile, link, run, ...) taken --dump-source dump generated source files before attempting to compile them --fcompiler specify the Fortran compiler type usage: setup.py [global_opts] cmd1 [cmd1_opts] [cmd2 [cmd2_opts] ...] or: setup.py --help [cmd1 cmd2 ...] or: setup.py --help-commands or: setup.py cmd --help So, I suspect that python setup.py --prefix=~/usr config --include-dirs /usr/include/python2.3 install might work. You might have to run the build command first and then the install command. Good luck, -Travis