[Numpy-discussion] ImportError: ccompiler

[Julius Schlüter]

Hi,

I'm a Newbie, trying to compile Numpy on Vista with Python 2.6, 
following this guide:
http://code.google.com/p/pyamg/wiki/CompilingOnWinXP

It worked one time. Now that I've updated Numpy to the latest subversion 
and tried a second time, I get this error:

C:\Users\...>python C:\Python26\Lib\site-packages\numpy\setup.py config 
--compiler=mingw32 build --compiler=mingw32 install
Running from numpy source directory.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Python26\Lib\site-packages\numpy\setup.py", line 96, in <module>
    setup_package()
  File "C:\Python26\Lib\site-packages\numpy\setup.py", line 68, in 
setup_package
    from numpy.distutils.core import setup
  File 
"C:\Python26\Lib\site-packages\numpy\numpy\distutils\__init__.py", line 
6, in <module>
    import ccompiler
  File 
"C:\Python26\Lib\site-packages\numpy\numpy\distutils\ccompiler.py", 
line6, in <module>
    from distutils.ccompiler import *
  File "C:\python26\Lib\site-packages\numpy\distutils\__init__.py", line 
6, in <module>
    import ccompiler
  File "C:\python26\Lib\site-packages\numpy\distutils\ccompiler.py", 
line 7, in <module>
    from distutils import ccompiler
ImportError: cannot import name ccompiler

My PATH:
%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;C:\Program 
Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Tools\binn\;C:\python26\;C:\Program 
Files\Bazaar;C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin;C:\MinGW\bin\

There was someone on this list almost two years ago who had the same 
problem. But he had \site-packages\numpy\ in his path, which I don't have.

Any help is highly appreciated.

-Jules