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authorStefan van der Walt <stefan@sun.ac.za>2008-04-16 15:21:22 +0000
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+NumPy is a replacement of Numeric Python that adds the features of numarray.
+To install system-wide:
-NumPy is a replacement of Numeric Python that adds the features of numarray.
-To install:
-
-python setup.py install
+sudo python setup.py install
The setup.py script will take advantage of fast BLAS on your system if it can
-find it. You can help the process with a site.cfg file.
+find it. You can guide the process using a site.cfg file.
-If fast BLAS and LAPACK cannot be found, then a slower default version is used.
+If fast BLAS and LAPACK cannot be found, then a slower default version is used.
-After installation, tests can be run with
+After installation, tests can be run (from outside the source
+directory) with
python -c 'import numpy; numpy.test()'
-The most current development version is always available from a
-subversion repostiory:
-
-http://svn.scipy.org/svn/numpy/trunk
+The most current development version is always available from our
+subversion repository:
+http://svn.scipy.org/svn/numpy/trunk