How do I compile NumPy on Linux?

[Olivier Roche]

William Park wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 11, 1999 at 09:38:45AM +0100, Sandro Ferrari wrote:
> > I downloaded the LLNLDistribution.tgz file and followed the installation
> > instruction:
> > cd Numerical
> > ./makethis.py
> > but I get the message:
> > make: Makefile.pre.in: No such file or directory
> > make: *** No rule to make target `Makefile.pre.in'.  Stop.
> > make: *** No targets.  Stop.
> > In the documentation isn't mentioned anything about it.
> > Any help?
> > thanks
> > Sandro
>

You must just install the "python-devel" rpm to get the Makefile.pre.in.
You should have with rpm -qa | grep python
python-1.5.1-10
pythonlib-1.23-1
python-devel-1.5.1-10

Olivier

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