On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 3:32 AM, Chris Barker <[email protected]> wrote: > On 1/12/2011 12:57 PM, David Cortesi wrote: >> I have installed ActiveState's Python 3 packages on Mac OS X 10.6.6. > >> When I run the Mac OS installer it shows all disks as ineligible and >> the error message, "numpy 1.5.1 can't be installed on this disk. numpy >> requires System Python 2.6 to install." > > Sorry, that is is a bad error message. What I'm pretty sure it means to > say is: > > "numpy requires the Python 2.6 binary from python.org " > > I looked at this error message ages ago, and It's less trivial to fix > that you'd think -- but I thought it had been fixed. > >> What can I do to persuade numpy to install? Must I build it from source >> to get it to use Python 3? > > You *may* need the python.org binary, rather than ActiveState, but it > looks like you're trying to install a numpy binary for 2.6 -- that's not > going to work on 3.* -- look for a binary for 3.* -- I'm not sure it > exists, though. > > NOTE: if you're still confused, tell us exactly what file you are trying > to install from, and where you downloaded it from. > > -Chris > Hi David,
the simple answer you might be looking for is: it's easier to stay with Python 2.x for a while... Can you deinstall the ActiveState 3 version ? Cheers, - Sebastian Haase _______________________________________________ NumPy-Discussion mailing list [email protected] http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
