[Numpy-discussion] Installing numpy with MKL

[Matthieu Brucher]

> I've been having a similar problem compiling NumPy with MKL on a cluster with a site-wide license. Dag's site.cfg fails to config if I use 'iomp5' in it, since (at least with this version, 11.1) libiomp5 is located in
>
>        /scinet/gpc/intel/Compiler/11.1/072/lib/intel64/
>
> whereas the actual proper MKL
>
>        /scinet/gpc/intel/Compiler/11.1/072/mkl/lib/em64t/
>
> I've tried putting both in my library_dirs separated by a colon as is suggested by the docs, but python setup.py config fails to find MKL in this case. Has anyone else run into this issue?

Indeed, this is a issue I also faced. I had to copy all the libs in
one folder. If one has only MKL, iomp5 is provided (as well as guide
IIRC), but with the Compiler pack, they are not in the MKL lib folder.

Matthieu
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