Hello everybody. I'm trying to install SciPy on an Intel Pentium M Windows XP laptop. I'm using Python 2.4.2. I'm following the instructions posted at http://www.scipy.org/Installing_SciPy/Windows. Step 1 (Getting MinGW): ok. Step 2 (numpy): Downloaded Tortoise SVN: ok. Tried to compile: failure. Had to manually edit the PATH enviroment variable to add the MinGW/bin path (that should have been explained somewhere). Retry to complie: ok, numpy works. Step 3 (scipy): I'm supposed to download some ATLAS binaries from http://old.scipy.org/download/atlasbinaries/winnt/ I'm not sure which one to download, can anybody help (Intel Pentium M Windows XP)? Also, what should I do with those files, just put them in any folder I choose and set the environment variable accordingly? Armando Serrano Lombillo.
Armando Serrano Lombillo wrote:
Hello everybody.
I'm trying to install SciPy on an Intel Pentium M Windows XP laptop. I'm using Python 2.4.2. I'm following the instructions posted at http://www.scipy.org/Installing_SciPy/Windows.
Step 1 (Getting MinGW): ok.
Step 2 (numpy): Downloaded Tortoise SVN: ok. Tried to compile: failure. Had to manually edit the PATH enviroment variable to add the MinGW/bin path (that should have been explained somewhere).
Isn't that in the MinGW docs?
Retry to complie: ok, numpy works.
Step 3 (scipy): I'm supposed to download some ATLAS binaries from http://old.scipy.org/download/atlasbinaries/winnt/ I'm not sure which one to download, can anybody help (Intel Pentium M Windows XP)? Also, what should I do with those files, just put them in any folder I choose and set the environment variable accordingly?
I think the one you want is WinNT_P4SSE2.zip. (Not 100% sure, but pretty sure.) Then put it anywhere and set the environment variable. For example, I have all the ATLAS files in c:\MinGW\lib\atlas, so I set ATLAS = c:\MinGW\lib\atlas hth, gary
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Step 2 (numpy): Downloaded Tortoise SVN: ok. Tried to compile: failure. Had to manually edit the PATH enviroment variable to add the MinGW/bin path (that should have been explained somewhere).
Isn't that in the MinGW docs? [...]
If I have to read the MinGW docs just to install SciPy, then something is going wrong. Really, the installation instruction in the SciPy page should contain everything you need to know to install SciPy. Would it be a good idea if I updated that in the installation page? [...]
I think the one you want is WinNT_P4SSE2.zip. (Not 100% sure, but pretty sure.) Then put it anywhere and set the environment variable.
For example, I have all the ATLAS files in c:\MinGW\lib\atlas, so I set ATLAS = c:\MinGW\lib\atlas [...]
Ok, did it and scipy compiled (I had to restart my computer after setting the environment variable). If tested it and it works. [...]
gary [...]
Thanks. Step 4 (Do science): ok :)
Armando Serrano Lombillo wrote:
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Step 2 (numpy): Downloaded Tortoise SVN: ok. Tried to compile: failure. Had to manually edit the PATH enviroment variable to add the MinGW/bin path (that should have been explained somewhere).
Isn't that in the MinGW docs?
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If I have to read the MinGW docs just to install SciPy, then something is going wrong. Really, the installation instruction in the SciPy page should contain everything you need to know to install SciPy. Would it be a good idea if I updated that in the installation page?
Yes. If it's information that would have been helpful to you, it will probably be helpful to others, too. But you don't have to ask permission from us; it's a Wiki. -- Robert Kern robert.kern@gmail.com "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
Armando Serrano Lombillo wrote:
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Step 2 (numpy): Downloaded Tortoise SVN: ok. Tried to compile: failure. Had to manually edit the PATH enviroment variable to add the MinGW/bin path (that should have been explained somewhere).
Isn't that in the MinGW docs?
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If I have to read the MinGW docs just to install SciPy, then something is going wrong. Really, the installation instruction in the SciPy page should contain everything you need to know to install SciPy. Would it be a good idea if I updated that in the installation page?
By all means. I guess I had set the path long enough ago that I forgot. Since the procedure is fresh in your mind, and I'd have to figure it out again, why don't you go ahead and make the change.
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I think the one you want is WinNT_P4SSE2.zip. (Not 100% sure, but pretty sure.) Then put it anywhere and set the environment variable.
For example, I have all the ATLAS files in c:\MinGW\lib\atlas, so I set ATLAS = c:\MinGW\lib\atlas
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Ok, did it and scipy compiled (I had to restart my computer after setting the environment variable). If tested it and it works.
Hmm. I never had to restart the computer. If you change the environment variable using the WinXP Control Panel facility, it should be enough to open a new command line window (maybe you tried using a command line window that was already open when you changed the environment variable). If you use the DOS-style "set ATLAS = ..." interactively, then you should be able to continue immediately in that window. Every time you recompile, you would have to execute "set ATLAS = ..." again. I do the latter. Since I don't compile very often, I avoid cluttering the environment. thanks, gary
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gary
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Thanks.
Step 4 (Do science): ok :)
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I updated the wiki to include the MinGW environment variable instructions. I also added a link to http://tortoisesvn.sourceforge.net/. Armando Serrano Lombillo
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