[SciPy-user] cannot build SciPy on Redhat 8.0

[Christopher Fonnesbeck]

Hi folks,

I am trying to build SciPy on a new installation of RedHat 8.0, but am 
ahving trouble getting out of the gate.  I have installed all of the 
prerequisite packages, but when I try and run "python setup.py install", 
I get the following:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "setup.py", line 111, in ?
    setup_package()
  File "setup.py", line 90, in setup_package
    config_list += map(get_separate_package_config,separate_packages)
  File "setup.py", line 74, in get_separate_package_config
    return get_package_config(name,'')
  File "setup.py", line 67, in get_package_config
    mod = __import__('setup_'+os.path.basename(name))
ImportError: No module named setup_scipy_distutils

I clearly have a setup_scipy_distutils in my 
/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/scipy_distutils, so I don't know why I 
am getting this error.  I hope someone can clarify this for me.

Has anyone ever tried putting together rpm packages?

Thanks,
Chris Fonnesbeck