On Wed, 18 Sep 2013 13:28:44 +0100, Oscar Benjamin wrote: > On 18 September 2013 03:48, Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote: >> On Tue, 17 Sep 2013 20:06:44 -0400, Susan Lubbers wrote: >> >>> Our group is a python 2.7 which is installed in a shared area. We >>> have scipy 11 installed in site-packages. How would I install scipy >>> 12 so that I used the shared install of python but scipy 12 instead of >>> 11? >> >> If you are using Python 2.6 or better, you should be able to include >> the option "--user" when installing Scipy using either pip or >> distutils. I haven't tried these, but: >> >> # using pip: >> pip install --install-option="--user" scipy > > Is there a difference between --install-option="--user" and just passing > --user directly?
*shrug* I don't have any experience with pip, so I don't know. > For Python 2.7 I think that easy_install will be able to install from > the sourceforge binaries, e.g > > easy_install --user scipy > > but I may be wrong. If I recall correctly, and I may not, easy_install doesn't support per- user installs with the --user option. -- Steven -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
