[Numpy-discussion] When building with --prefix /usr/local numpy not detected by python

[Chris Colbert]

building without the prefix flag works for me as well, just wondering why
this doesnt...

Chris

On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 4:47 PM, Skipper Seabold <jsseabold at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 4:37 PM, Chris Colbert <sccolbert at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 64-bit ubuntu 9.04 and Python 2.6, I built numpy from source against
> > atlas and lapack (everything 64bit).
> >
> > To install, I used:   sudo python setup.py install --prefix /usr/local
> >
> > but then python doesnt find the numpy module, even though it exists in
> > /usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages
> >
> >
> > Do I need to add a .pth file somewhere to tell python about numpy? I
> thought
> > that would be done during the install command
> >
> > Cheers!
> >
> > Chris
> >
>
> I have two similar setups (kubuntu 64 bit and ubuntu 32 bit though)
> and am able to build without the prefix flag and everything seems to
> work okay.  Install goes into the dist-packages directory and not the
> site-packages.  I'm not sure why though to be honest.
>
> Skipper
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