[Numpy-discussion] NumPy 1.0.3 release next week

[dmitrey]

Stefan van der Walt wrote:
> On Sun, May 13, 2007 at 06:19:30PM +0300, dmitrey wrote:
>   
>> Is it possible somehow to speedup numpy 1.0.3 appearing in Linux update 
>> channels? (as for me I'm interested in Ubuntu/Kubuntu,  currently there 
>> is v 1.0.1)
>> I tried to compile numpy 1.0.2, but, as well as in Octave compiling, it 
>> failed because "c compiler can't create executable". gcc reinstallation 
>> didn't help, other c compilers are absent in update channel (I had seen 
>> only tcc, but I'm sure it will not help, and it (I mean trying to 
>> install other C compilers) requires too much efforts).
>>     
>
> Many people here are compiling numpy fine under Ubuntu.  Do you have
> write permissions to the output directory? What is the compiler error
> given?
>
> Cheers
> Stéfan
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Sorry, I meant compiling Python2.5 and Octave, not numpy & Octave
Python2.5 is already present (in Ubuntu 7.04), but I tried to compile 
and install it from sources because numpy compilation failed with
(I have gcc version 4.1.2 (Ubuntu 4.1.2-0ubuntu4), compiling as root)

...
...
C compiler: gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g -O2 -Wall 
-Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC
compile options: '-I/usr/include/python2.5 -Inumpy/core/src 
-Inumpy/core/include -I/usr/include/python2.5 -c'
gcc: _configtest.c
In file included from 
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.1.2/include/syslimits.h:7,
from /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.1.2/include/limits.h:11,
from /usr/include/python2.5/Python.h:18,
from _configtest.c:2:
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.1.2/include/limits.h:122:61: error: 
limits.h: No such file or directory
In file included from _configtest.c:2:
/usr/include/python2.5/Python.h:32:19: error: stdio.h: No such file or 
directory
/usr/include/python2.5/Python.h:34:5: error: #error "Python.h requires 
that stdio.h define NULL."
/usr/include/python2.5/Python.h:37:20: error: string.h: No such file or 
directory
/usr/include/python2.5/Python.h:39:19: error: errno.h: No such file or 
directory
/usr/include/python2.5/Python.h:41:20: error: stdlib.h: No such file or 
directory
/usr/include/python2.5/Python.h:43:20: error: unistd.h: No such file or 
directory
/usr/include/python2.5/Python.h:55:20: error: assert.h: No such file or 
directory
In file included from /usr/include/python2.5/Python.h:57,
from _configtest.c:2:
/usr/include/python2.5/pyport.h:7:20: error: stdint.h: No such file or 
directory
In file included from /usr/include/python2.5/Python.h:57,
from _configtest.c:2:
/usr/include/python2.5/pyport.h:73: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ 
or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘Py_uintptr_t’
/usr/include/python2.5/pyport.h:74: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ 
or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘Py_intptr_t’
/usr/include/python2.5/pyport.h:97: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ 
or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘Py_ssize_t’
/usr/include/python2.5/pyport.h:204:76: error: math.h: No such file or 
directory
/usr/include/python2.5/pyport.h:211:22: error: sys/time.h: No such file 
or directory
/usr/include/python2.5/pyport.h:212:18: error: time.h: No such file or 
directory
/usr/include/python2.5/pyport.h:230:24: error: sys/select.h: No such 
file or directory
/usr/include/python2.5/pyport.h:269:22: error: sys/stat.h: No such file 
or directory
In file included from /usr/include/python2.5/Python.h:76,
from _configtest.c:2:
/usr/include/python2.5/pymem.h:50: warning: parameter names (without 
types) in function declaration
/usr/include/python2.5/pymem.h:51: error: expected declaration 
specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘size_t’
In file included from /usr/include/python2.5/Python.h:78,
from _configtest.c:2:
/usr/include/python2.5/object.h:104: error: expected 
specifier-qualifier-list before ‘Py_ssize_t’
/usr/include/python2.5/object.h:108: error: expected 
specifier-qualifier-list before ‘Py_ssize_t’
/usr/include/python2.5/object.h:131: error: expected declaration 
specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘*’ token
/usr/include/python2.5/object.h:131: warning: type defaults to ‘int’ in 
declaration of ‘Py_ssize_t’
/usr/include/python2.5/object.h:131: error: ‘Py_ssize_t’ declared as 
function returning a function
/usr/include/python2.5/object.h:131: warning: function declaration isn’t 
a prototype
.................
(etc,etc)


and here is a part of python2.5 compilation log:

gcc version 4.1.2 (Ubuntu 4.1.2-0ubuntu4)
configure:2093: $? = 0
configure:2095: gcc -V </dev/null >&5
gcc: '-V' option must have argument
configure:2098: $? = 1
configure:2121: checking for C compiler default output file name
configure:2124: gcc conftest.c >&5
/usr/bin/ld: crt1.o: No such file: No such file or directory
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
configure:2127: $? = 1
configure: failed program was:
| /* confdefs.h. */
|
| #define _GNU_SOURCE 1
| #define _NETBSD_SOURCE 1
| #define __BSD_VISIBLE 1
| #define _BSD_TYPES 1
| #define _XOPEN_SOURCE 600
| #define _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED 1
| #define _POSIX_C_SOURCE 200112L
| /* end confdefs.h. */
|
| int
| main ()
| {
|
| ;
| return 0;
| }
configure:2166: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details.




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