scipy installation problems

[Gerhard Häring]

Mark Fenbers wrote:
> Thank you.  This is helpful.  But from what I read already, it would appear that
> for CVS to be useful, one must have Internet access direct from the computer scipy
> installs on, correct.  My Linux box is hidden behind a firewall without Internet
> access other than manual FTP sessions through a gateway.  My PC has Internet
> access, however, and it is not too much hassle to download a tarball to my PC, then
> suck it into the firewall from the inside.  But this CVS method seems like it won't
> work in the two-stage approach.  Is my assumption, correct?

You can do it in two steps without problems. Download the most current 
sources via CVS, then transfer the downloaded directory to the other 
computer, probably best in compressed tar or zip format.

-- Gerhard