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anirudh215

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Registered: 2011-03-07

Posts: 78

Scientific Python

Hi,
I want to install the scipy and numpy modules. I checked in the AUR,  and scipy was flagged as outdated. I decided to do things the old fashioned way, by downloading the .tar.gz files from the official website, when I encountered two problems.
# I went through the wiki and found there was something called ABS. I went through the steps of installing it, making a new file in ~, copying python-numpy to that folder. When I go there and do makepkg, it gives me the error

"error: 'python-distribute': could not find or read package
==> ERROR: 'pacman' failed to install missing dependencies."

#Not knowing what was wrong, I decided to ahead with downloading the official .tar.gz files from the websites. When I navigate to the folder that I have extracted them to, and do ./configure, I get the error,
"bash: ./configure: No such file or directory"

I am stumped.

EDIT: I have found out how to install it from instructions on the official website which installs it through python. However, I am not going to mark this solved because I'd like to know why this didn't work.

Last edited by anirudh215 (2011-03-08 17:18:33)

skunktrader

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From: Brisbane, Australia

Registered: 2010-02-14

Posts: 1,543

Re: Scientific Python

Did you try installing this
http://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra … istribute/

If you use the -s flag with makepkg it will try to install dependencies for you

Last edited by skunktrader (2011-03-08 17:22:26)

anirudh215

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Registered: 2011-03-07

Posts: 78

Re: Scientific Python

I did add the -s flag, but it still gave me that error.
I did download from Extras. I'm wondering why I got that error.
EDIT: I have successfully installed numpy through ABS and figured out how it works. I've installed scipy through the instructions on the website. I'd still like to to know why I got the errors I got which are
# Even when I included the -s flag for makepkg, it didn't resolve the dependency
#Where is configure? Why is it giving me an error?

I'd also like to say that the scipy module ought to be updated.

Last edited by anirudh215 (2011-03-08 18:08:11)

Mr.Elendig

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Registered: 2004-11-07

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Re: Scientific Python

Why did you use abs and aur? Both of them are in the repos.

pacman -Syu python2-numpy python-scipy

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anirudh215

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Registered: 2011-03-07

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Re: Scientific Python

Just curious. I wanted to find out how to do things another way.

Mr.Elendig

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Re: Scientific Python

But you are doing it the wrong way, which will only lead to pain.

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anirudh215

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Registered: 2011-03-07

Posts: 78

Re: Scientific Python

Oh I see. Well, I'm new to this and just thought I'd experiment. Otherwise, I'd definitely use pacman.