Hi Howard, I think Anaconda is a great option, and I also strongly recommend you try the WinPython distribution that comes with Python 3.4, scikit-learn and other parts of scipy stack.
winpython.github.io Shawn On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 5:48 PM, Howard Karloff <hjkarl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi. I am attempting to install scikit-learn on my Windows 7 laptop on > which I'm running Cygwin. I want to be able to > use scikit-learn from within a Cygwin window. I have Python 3.4 and > numpy installed. However, I am having trouble installing scipy and > this obviously may be related. > >>pip install scipy > Collecting scipy > Using cached scipy-0.16.0.tar.gz > Installing collected packages: scipy > Running setup.py install for scipy > Operation cancelled by user > > whereas I didn't cancel the operation at all. > > > Here's the error message I get when I try to install scikit-learn. > (God, sometimes I hate cygwin!) > > /usr/bin/python3 -c "import setuptools, > tokenize;__file__='/tmp/pip-bui > > ld-dn16j_ad/scikit-learn/setup.py';exec(compile(getattr(tokenize, > 'open', open)( > __file__).read().replace('\r\n', '\n'), __file__, > 'exec'))" install --record /tmp/pip-xkjxfnbf-record/install-record.txt > --single-version-externally-managed --compile" failed with error code > 1 in /tmp/pip-build-dn16j_ad/scikit-learn > > Any suggestions? Thank you for your help. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Scikit-learn-general mailing list > Scikit-learn-general@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scikit-learn-general -- Yuxiang "Shawn" Wang Gerling Haptics Lab University of Virginia yw...@virginia.edu +1 (434) 284-0836 https://sites.google.com/a/virginia.edu/yw5aj/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Scikit-learn-general mailing list Scikit-learn-general@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scikit-learn-general