On Windows, I normally just use the binary installer, but I would like to install NumPy only in a virtualenv this time, so I created a virtual env:
virtualenv --no-site-packages --distribute summary_python
cd summary_python/Scripts
activate.bat
Then I tried to install NumPy
pip install numpy
And I get an error. My pip.log is pasted below:
Downloading/unpacking numpy
Running setup.py egg_info for package numpy
non-existing path in 'numpy\\distutils': 'site.cfg'
F2PY Version 2
blas_opt_info:
blas_mkl_info:
libraries mkl,vml,guide not found in c:\Users\fname.lname\Documents\summary_python\lib
libraries mkl,vml,guide not found in C:\
NOT AVAILABLE
atlas_blas_threads_info:
Setting PTATLAS=ATLAS
libraries ptf77blas,ptcblas,atlas not found in c:\Users\fname.lname\Documents\summary_python\lib
libraries ptf77blas,ptcblas,atlas not found in C:\
NOT AVAILABLE
atlas_blas_info:
libraries f77blas,cblas,atlas not found in c:\Users\fname.lname\Documents\summary_python\lib
libraries f77blas,cblas,atlas not found in C:\
NOT AVAILABLE
blas_info:
libraries blas not found in c:\Users\fname.lname\Documents\summary_python\lib
libraries blas not found in C:\
NOT AVAILABLE
blas_src_info:
NOT AVAILABLE
NOT AVAILABLE
lapack_opt_info:
lapack_mkl_info:
mkl_info:
libraries mkl,vml,guide not found in c:\Users\fname.lname\Documents\summary_python\lib
libraries mkl,vml,guide not found in C:\
NOT AVAILABLE
NOT AVAILABLE
atlas_threads_info:
Setting PTATLAS=ATLAS
libraries ptf77blas,ptcblas,atlas not found in c:\Users\fname.lname\Documents\summary_python\lib
libraries lapack_atlas not found in c:\Users\fname.lname\Documents\summary_python\lib
libraries ptf77blas,ptcblas,atlas not found in C:\
libraries lapack_atlas not found in C:\
numpy.distutils.system_info.atlas_threads_info
NOT AVAILABLE
atlas_info:
libraries f77blas,cblas,atlas not found in c:\Users\fname.lname\Documents\summary_python\lib
libraries lapack_atlas not found in c:\Users\fname.lname\Documents\summary_python\lib
libraries f77blas,cblas,atlas not found in C:\
libraries lapack_atlas not found in C:\
numpy.distutils.system_info.atlas_info
NOT AVAILABLE
lapack_info:
libraries lapack not found in c:\Users\fname.lname\Documents\summary_python\lib
libraries lapack not found in C:\
NOT AVAILABLE
lapack_src_info:
NOT AVAILABLE
NOT AVAILABLE
running egg_info
running build_src
build_src
building py_modules sources
building library "npymath" sources
No module named msvccompiler in numpy.distutils; trying from distutils
Running from numpy source directory.c:\Users\fname.lname\Documents\summary_python\build\numpy\numpy\distutils\system_info.py:531: UserWarning: Specified path is invalid.
warnings.warn('Specified path %s is invalid.' % d)
c:\Users\fname.lname\Documents\summary_python\build\numpy\numpy\distutils\system_info.py:1417: 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__)
c:\Users\fname.lname\Documents\summary_python\build\numpy\numpy\distutils\system_info.py:1426: 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__)
c:\Users\fname.lname\Documents\summary_python\build\numpy\numpy\distutils\system_info.py:1429: 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__)
c:\Users\fname.lname\Documents\summary_python\build\numpy\numpy\distutils\system_info.py:1333: 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__)
c:\Users\fname.lname\Documents\summary_python\build\numpy\numpy\distutils\system_info.py:1344: UserWarning:
Lapack (http://www.netlib.org/lapack/) libraries not found.
Directories to search for the libraries can be specified in the
numpy/distutils/site.cfg file (section [lapack]) or by setting
the LAPACK environment variable.
warnings.warn(LapackNotFoundError.__doc__)
c:\Users\fname.lname\Documents\summary_python\build\numpy\numpy\distutils\system_info.py:1347: UserWarning:
Lapack (http://www.netlib.org/lapack/) sources not found.
Directories to search for the sources can be specified in the
numpy/distutils/site.cfg file (section [lapack_src]) or by setting
the LAPACK_SRC environment variable.
warnings.warn(LapackSrcNotFoundError.__doc__)
error: Unable to find vcvarsall.bat
Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
non-existing path in 'numpy\\distutils': 'site.cfg'
F2PY Version 2
blas_opt_info:
blas_mkl_info:
libraries mkl,vml,guide not found in c:\Users\fname.lname\Documents\summary_python\lib
libraries mkl,vml,guide not found in C:\
NOT AVAILABLE
atlas_blas_threads_info:
Setting PTATLAS=ATLAS
libraries ptf77blas,ptcblas,atlas not found in c:\Users\fname.lname\Documents\summary_python\lib
libraries ptf77blas,ptcblas,atlas not found in C:\
NOT AVAILABLE
atlas_blas_info:
libraries f77blas,cblas,atlas not found in c:\Users\fname.lname\Documents\summary_python\lib
libraries f77blas,cblas,atlas not found in C:\
NOT AVAILABLE
blas_info:
libraries blas not found in c:\Users\fname.lname\Documents\summary_python\lib
libraries blas not found in C:\
NOT AVAILABLE
blas_src_info:
NOT AVAILABLE
NOT AVAILABLE
lapack_opt_info:
lapack_mkl_info:
mkl_info:
libraries mkl,vml,guide not found in c:\Users\fname.lname\Documents\summary_python\lib
libraries mkl,vml,guide not found in C:\
NOT AVAILABLE
NOT AVAILABLE
atlas_threads_info:
Setting PTATLAS=ATLAS
libraries ptf77blas,ptcblas,atlas not found in c:\Users\fname.lname\Documents\summary_python\lib
libraries lapack_atlas not found in c:\Users\fname.lname\Documents\summary_python\lib
libraries ptf77blas,ptcblas,atlas not found in C:\
libraries lapack_atlas not found in C:\
numpy.distutils.system_info.atlas_threads_info
NOT AVAILABLE
atlas_info:
libraries f77blas,cblas,atlas not found in c:\Users\fname.lname\Documents\summary_python\lib
libraries lapack_atlas not found in c:\Users\fname.lname\Documents\summary_python\lib
libraries f77blas,cblas,atlas not found in C:\
libraries lapack_atlas not found in C:\
numpy.distutils.system_info.atlas_info
NOT AVAILABLE
lapack_info:
libraries lapack not found in c:\Users\fname.lname\Documents\summary_python\lib
libraries lapack not found in C:\
NOT AVAILABLE
lapack_src_info:
NOT AVAILABLE
NOT AVAILABLE
running egg_info
running build_src
build_src
building py_modules sources
building library "npymath" sources
No module named msvccompiler in numpy.distutils; trying from distutils
Running from numpy source directory.c:\Users\fname.lname\Documents\summary_python\build\numpy\numpy\distutils\system_info.py:531: UserWarning: Specified path is invalid.
warnings.warn('Specified path %s is invalid.' % d)
c:\Users\fname.lname\Documents\summary_python\build\numpy\numpy\distutils\system_info.py:1417: 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__)
c:\Users\fname.lname\Documents\summary_python\build\numpy\numpy\distutils\system_info.py:1426: 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__)
c:\Users\fname.lname\Documents\summary_python\build\numpy\numpy\distutils\system_info.py:1429: 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__)
c:\Users\fname.lname\Documents\summary_python\build\numpy\numpy\distutils\system_info.py:1333: 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__)
c:\Users\fname.lname\Documents\summary_python\build\numpy\numpy\distutils\system_info.py:1344: UserWarning:
Lapack (http://www.netlib.org/lapack/) libraries not found.
Directories to search for the libraries can be specified in the
numpy/distutils/site.cfg file (section [lapack]) or by setting
the LAPACK environment variable.
warnings.warn(LapackNotFoundError.__doc__)
c:\Users\fname.lname\Documents\summary_python\build\numpy\numpy\distutils\system_info.py:1347: UserWarning:
Lapack (http://www.netlib.org/lapack/) sources not found.
Directories to search for the sources can be specified in the
numpy/distutils/site.cfg file (section [lapack_src]) or by setting
the LAPACK_SRC environment variable.
warnings.warn(LapackSrcNotFoundError.__doc__)
error: Unable to find vcvarsall.bat
----------------------------------------
Command python setup.py egg_info failed with error code 1
Exception information:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "c:\Users\fname.lname\Documents\summary_python\lib\site-packages\pip-1.0.1-py2.7.egg\pip\basecommand.py", line 126, in main
self.run(options, args)
File "c:\Users\fname.lname\Documents\summary_python\lib\site-packages\pip-1.0.1-py2.7.egg\pip\commands\install.py", line 223, in run
requirement_set.prepare_files(finder, force_root_egg_info=self.bundle, bundle=self.bundle)
File "c:\Users\fname.lname\Documents\summary_python\lib\site-packages\pip-1.0.1-py2.7.egg\pip\req.py", line 986, in prepare_files
req_to_install.run_egg_info()
File "c:\Users\fname.lname\Documents\summary_python\lib\site-packages\pip-1.0.1-py2.7.egg\pip\req.py", line 222, in run_egg_info
command_desc='python setup.py egg_info')
File "c:\Users\fname.lname\Documents\summary_python\lib\site-packages\pip-1.0.1-py2.7.egg\pip\__init__.py", line 255, in call_subprocess
% (command_desc, proc.returncode))
InstallationError: Command python setup.py egg_info failed with error code 1
I’ve had success installing NumPy binaries into a virtualenv with good ‘ol
easy_installand a little bit of un-archiving magic.The
numpy-1.x.x-win32-superpack-python2.x.exerelease you download from SourceForge is really just a thin wrapper around three separate binary distributions (with SSE3, SSE2, or no SSE enabled, depending on the capabilities of your CPU). If you open up the superpack EXE file in 7-Zip (or another archive utility), you can extract those individual setup files somewhere to use separately.Then, activate your virtual environment, and run
to install the SSE3-optimized binaries, for example.
easy_installis smart enough to find everything it needs inside thatwininstbundle and will extract the compiled egg into your virtualenv’s site-packages folder. I can also confirm that pip is still able to recognize and/or uninstall NumPy when you do this, and that using pip to install other packages which depend on NumPy works just fine.The only catch is knowing which optimization level to use (SSE3, SSE2, or no-SSE). If you have a reasonably modern processor (newer than, say, a Pentium 4 or Athlon 64), it’s probably safe to go with the full SSE3. You can probably also run the test suite to confirm everything works as expected.
I’ve found the
easy_install“trick” to be really useful for installing all sorts of binary packages into a virtualenv. Even though I have all the requisite compilers set up on my machine, it’s usually easier/faster/safer to stick with the official release when one is provided.