[Numpy-discussion] getting numPy happening for sciPy

[Stefan van der Walt]

Hi Tim

On Mon, Jul 23, 2007 at 08:20:24PM +0930, Tim Mortimer wrote:
> I am not an experienced programmer, so the idea of building NumPy from 
> the "bleeding edge" repository is beyond my capability, as there appears 
> to be no specific instructions for how to do this (that don't assume you 
> have some degree of experience at what your doing anyway.. )
> 
> So I guess my question is
> 
> 1) can i get an idiots guide to what's required to get the current NumPy 
> installation happening in order to host SciPy on top of it?

One way is to use Enthoughts egg installer:

http://code.enthought.com/enstaller/

That way, you won't have linear algebra routines optimised
specifically for your platform, but you'll have a fully functional
numpy, scipy (and optionally matplotlib etc.) installation.

Regards
Stéfan