On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 11:54, W Bradley Knox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I'm trying to install numpy and scipy on my Mac that runs OS X 10.4. > It looks like my only option is to use the subversion copies. After > running "python setup.py install" in the numpy directory, it seems to > install, despite some error messages tucked away in the middle of the > installation output (I can send that if I need to). > > Trying to import numpy fails though: > >>>> import numpy > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> > File > "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/site-packages/numpy/__init__.py", > line 116, in <module> > raise ImportError(msg) > ImportError: Error importing numpy: you should not try to import numpy from > its source directory; please exit the numpy source tree, and relaunch > your python intepreter from there. > > This happens from any directory, including /. Any thoughts on how I > could fix this?
Can we have your build log? Something went wrong there, and some files didn't get installed (which __init__ uses to determine whether it has been installed or being run from the source tree). Even though you have gotten the Superpack to work for you, this is a problem I would like to at least know about. -- Robert Kern "I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth." -- Umberto Eco _______________________________________________ Numpy-discussion mailing list [email protected] http://projects.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
