Fwd: Multiple python installations on opensuse?

[Ishwor Gurung]

Scipy needs various libraries. On Ubuntu (which I use) -

Depends: python (< 2.7), python (>= 2.5), python-central (>= 0.6.11),
python-numpy (>= 1:1.2.0), libblas3gf | libblas.so.3gf |
libatlas3gf-base, libc6 (>= 2.4), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libgfortran3
(>= 4.3), liblapack3gf | liblapack.so.3gf | libatlas3gf-base,
libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1), libsuitesparse-3.2.0 (>= 1:3.2.0)

So, doing a source/binary install similarly and then install Scipy again.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Johan Ekh <[email protected]>
Date: 2009/12/17
Subject: Re: Multiple python installations on opensuse?
To: Ishwor Gurung <[email protected]>


Thanks guys,
I installed it as root without the --prefix option using "make
altinstall" instead of "make install".
It worked and I can now execute python2.4.6 with "python2.4 while
python2.6 is still executed
with "python".

I also managed to install numpy with "python2.4 setup.py install".
However, installing scipy
in the same way failed with the error below. Most of my libraries
appears to be in /usr/lib64/
or /usr/local/lib64 and the install script can't find them because it
searched /usr/lib/ and /usr/local/lib/.

How can I fix this?

Sorry for newbiesh questions...

//Johan

== Output from "python2.4 setup.py install"

Warning: No configuration returned, assuming unavailable.
blas_opt_info:
blas_mkl_info:
  libraries mkl,vml,guide not found in /usr/local/lib
  libraries mkl,vml,guide not found in /usr/lib
  NOT AVAILABLE

atlas_blas_threads_info:
Setting PTATLAS=ATLAS
  libraries ptf77blas,ptcblas,atlas not found in /usr/local/lib
  libraries ptf77blas,ptcblas,atlas not found in /usr/lib
  NOT AVAILABLE

atlas_blas_info:
  libraries f77blas,cblas,atlas not found in /usr/local/lib
  libraries f77blas,cblas,atlas not found in /usr/lib
  NOT AVAILABLE

/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/numpy/distutils/system_info.py:1340:
UserWarning:
    Atlas (http://math-atlas.sourceforge.net/) libraries not found.
    Directories to search for the libraries can be specified in the
    numpy/distutils/site.cfg file (section [atlas]) or by setting
    the ATLAS environment variable.
  warnings.warn(AtlasNotFoundError.__doc__)
blas_info:
  libraries blas not found in /usr/local/lib
  libraries blas not found in /usr/lib
  NOT AVAILABLE

/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/numpy/distutils/system_info.py:1349:
UserWarning:
    Blas (http://www.netlib.org/blas/) libraries not found.
    Directories to search for the libraries can be specified in the
    numpy/distutils/site.cfg file (section [blas]) or by setting
    the BLAS environment variable.
  warnings.warn(BlasNotFoundError.__doc__)
blas_src_info:
  NOT AVAILABLE

/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/numpy/distutils/system_info.py:1352:
UserWarning:
    Blas (http://www.netlib.org/blas/) sources not found.
    Directories to search for the sources can be specified in the
    numpy/distutils/site.cfg file (section [blas_src]) or by setting
    the BLAS_SRC environment variable.
  warnings.warn(BlasSrcNotFoundError.__doc__)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "setup.py", line 92, in ?
    setup_package()
  File "setup.py", line 84, in setup_package
    configuration=configuration )
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/numpy/distutils/core.py",
line 150, in setup
    config = configuration()
  File "setup.py", line 54, in configuration
    config.add_subpackage('scipy')
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/numpy/distutils/misc_util.py",
line 851, in add_subpackage
    caller_level = 2)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/numpy/distutils/misc_util.py",
line 834, in get_subpackage
    caller_level = caller_level + 1)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/numpy/distutils/misc_util.py",
line 781, in _get_configuration_from_setup_py
    config = setup_module.configuration(*args)
  File "scipy/setup.py", line 8, in configuration
    config.add_subpackage('integrate')
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/numpy/distutils/misc_util.py",
line 851, in add_subpackage
    caller_level = 2)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/numpy/distutils/misc_util.py",
line 834, in get_subpackage
    caller_level = caller_level + 1)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/numpy/distutils/misc_util.py",
line 781, in _get_configuration_from_setup_py
    config = setup_module.configuration(*args)
  File "scipy/integrate/setup.py", line 10, in configuration
    blas_opt = get_info('blas_opt',notfound_action=2)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/numpy/distutils/system_info.py",
line 267, in get_info
    return cl().get_info(notfound_action)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/numpy/distutils/system_info.py",
line 416, in get_info
    raise self.notfounderror,self.notfounderror.__doc__
numpy.distutils.system_info.BlasNotFoundError:
    Blas (http://www.netlib.org/blas/) libraries not found.
    Directories to search for the libraries can be specified in the
    numpy/distutils/site.cfg file (section [blas]) or by setting
    the BLAS environment variable.

As root-

PEBKAC :>

No need to be root to install in your home dir.

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