Couldn't install numpy on Python 2.7

MRAB python at mrabarnett.plus.com
Wed Jun 12 12:55:43 EDT 2024


On 2024-06-12 17:31, AVI GROSS via Python-list wrote:
> I am sure there is inertia to move from an older product and some people
> need a reason like this where the old becomes untenable.
> 
> It seems Microsoft is having a problem where something lik 2/3 of Windows
> users have not upgraded from Windows 10 after many years and have set a
> deadline in a year or so for stopping updates. In that case, hardware was a
> concern for some as Windows 11 did not work on their machines. With
> upgrading python, the main concern is having to get someone to examine old
> code and try to make it compatible.
> 
In the case of Windows, my PC is over 10 years old yet performs 
perfectly well for my needs. It can't run Windows 11. Therefore, I'm in 
the process of migrating to Linux, and I still have over a year to 
achieve that before support ends.

> But anyone doing new code in Python 2 in recent years should ...
> 
Indeed...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Python-list <python-list-bounces+avi.e.gross=gmail.com at python.org> On
> Behalf Of Gordinator via Python-list
> Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2024 10:19 AM
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> Subject: Re: Couldn't install numpy on Python 2.7
> 
> On 12/06/2024 12:30, marc nicole wrote:
>> I am trying to install numpy library on Python 2.7.15 in PyCharm but the
>> error message I get is:
>> 
>> ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement numpy (from
>>> versions: none)
>>> ERROR: No matching distribution found for numpy
>>> c:\python27\lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\urllib3\util\ssl_.py:164:
>>> InsecurePlatformWarning: A true SSLContext object is not available. This
>>> prevents urllib3 fro
>>> m configuring SSL appropriately and may cause certain SSL connections to
>>> fail. You can upgrade to a newer version of Python to solve this. For
> more
>>> information, see
>>> https://urllib3.readthedocs.io/en/latest/advanced-usage.html#ssl-warnings
>>>    InsecurePlatformWarning,
>> 
>> 
>> Any clues?
> 
> Why are you using Python 2? Come on, it's been 16 years. Ya gotta move
> on at some point.



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