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| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/source/user/building.rst | 6 |
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diff --git a/INSTALL.txt b/INSTALL.txt index 6339cbb87..863acbd53 100644 --- a/INSTALL.txt +++ b/INSTALL.txt @@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ Building NumPy requires the following software installed: Python must also be compiled with the zlib module enabled. -2) nose__ (optional) 1.0 or later +2) Cython >= 0.19 (for development versions of numpy, not for released + versions) +3) nose__ (optional) 1.0 or later This is required for testing numpy, but not for using it. diff --git a/doc/source/user/building.rst b/doc/source/user/building.rst index d6ca622f9..6d5f8c1b3 100644 --- a/doc/source/user/building.rst +++ b/doc/source/user/building.rst @@ -45,6 +45,12 @@ Building NumPy requires the following software installed: can be used, including optimized LAPACK libraries such as ATLAS, MKL or the Accelerate/vecLib framework on OS X. +4) Cython + + To build development versions of Numpy, you'll need a recent version of + Cython. Released Numpy sources on PyPi include the C files generated from + Cython code, so for released versions having Cython installed isn't needed. + Basic Installation ------------------ |