Hi Alan - I have not had luck with the binary distros. There is always something that doesn't work, so I will be interested in the results of your efforts.
The biggest problem with compiling things yourself is going to be dealing with LAPACK and fortran issues, and the backends in matplotlib. FWIW, the most stable solution I have found that doesn't involve dealing with dependencies yourself is darwinports (now macports). It currently has 1.0b5 numpy and scipy 0.5.1, which depend on python 2.4. Matplotlib worked with the wxPython backend but not others. While not the latest versions it will get you started, and I would guess 1.0 will be available soon (anyone?). I had absolutely zero problems using this once I realized that I had to use wxPython for the plotting backend. The snag is that gfortran is needed, which requires compiling gcc 4.0 which took 6 hours on my powerbook, so you will need some patience. Erin On 10/31/06, Steve Lianoglou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Alan, > > > > I installed Python 2.5 > > from python.org painlessly, but it looks like > > I'll have to compile numpy from source. > > Do I understand that right? > > I believe you'll have to if you want to use Python 2.5. > > > ... so I am hoping someone patient > > will point me to or lead me through the steps I need > > to take to successfully install numpy on this platform. > > I think the instructions on the scipy wiki are pretty thorough: > http://scipy.org/Installing_SciPy/Mac_OS_X > > One thing to note is that I think I've seen on this list that people > have been having problems compiling and using num/scipy on Python 2.5 > (on any platform (?)) ... I haven't tried it myself, but that's the > general feeling I've gotten from some of the emails on that subject. > I could be wrong though. > > Another thing to consider would be to install the "Superpack" which > is linked to in the mac section from the scipy downloads page: > http://www.scipy.org/Download > > I also remember seeing on the ML that there were some problems w/ > that superpack it not including some config file for ipython or > something, but I'm not sure. > > For what it's worth, I'm using MacPorts (http://macports.org) to > manage my python (and a other) installations, and have been compiling > scipy/numpy/matplotlib/ipython from svn checkouts every now and > again ... this has been working well for me. The version of python > you get from macports is 2.4.3 > > Hope that helps. > -steve > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Numpy-discussion mailing list > Numpy-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/numpy-discussion > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Numpy-discussion mailing list Numpy-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/numpy-discussion
