[Numpy-discussion] error of install numpy on linux redhat.

Ralf Gommers ralf.gommers at gmail.com
Thu Oct 25 02:05:47 EDT 2012


On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 6:01 AM, Jack Bryan <dtustudy68 at hotmail.com> wrote:

>  Hi, All,
>
> I am trying to install numpy  from http://www.scipy.org/Download .
>
> by
>
> git clone git://github.com/numpy/numpy.git numpy
>
>
> But, when I ran
>
> python setup.py install
>
> I got:
>
> SystemError: Cannot compile 'Python.h'. Perhaps you need to install
> python-dev|python-devel
>
> Where to get python-dev ?
>

If you're on OS X you have to install XCode, preferably with the optional
SDKs for previous platforms.

On Linux you can install python-dev or similar with your package manager.

Ralf


> I tried:
>
> $ easy_install python-devel
> Searching for python-devel
> Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/python-devel/
> Couldn't find index page for 'python-devel' (maybe misspelled?)
> Scanning index of all packages (this may take a while)
> Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/
> No local packages or download links found for python-devel
> error: Could not find suitable distribution for
> Requirement.parse('python-devel')
>
> and
>
> $ easy_install python-dev
> Searching for python-dev
> Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/python-dev/
> Couldn't find index page for 'python-dev' (maybe misspelled?)
> Scanning index of all packages (this may take a while)
> Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/
> No local packages or download links found for python-dev
> error: Could not find suitable distribution for
> Requirement.parse('python-dev')
>
>
>
>
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