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diff --git a/INSTALL.txt b/INSTALL.txt index d593dc8ee..4a97d303d 100644 --- a/INSTALL.txt +++ b/INSTALL.txt @@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ PREREQUISITES Building NumPy requires the following software installed: -1) Python__ 2.4.x or newer +1) For Python 2, Python__ 2.6.x or newer. + For Python 3, Python__ 3.2.x or newer. On Debian and derivative (Ubuntu): python python-dev @@ -127,13 +128,8 @@ fragile, and often segfault on invalid C code). The main drawback is that no fortran compiler + MS compiler combination has been tested - mingw-w64 gfortran + MS compiler does not work at all (it is unclear whether it ever will). -For python 2.5, you need VS 2005 (MS compiler version 14) targeting -AMD64 bits, or the Platform SDK v6.0 or below (which gives command -line versions of 64 bits target compilers). The PSDK is free. - For python 2.6, you need VS 2008. The freely available version does not contains 64 bits compilers (you also need the PSDK, v6.1). -It is *crucial* to use the right version: python 2.5 -> version 14, python 2.6, -version 15. You can check the compiler version with cl.exe /?. Note also that -for python 2.5, 64 bits and 32 bits versions use a different compiler version. +It is *crucial* to use the right version: python 2.6 version 15. You can check +the compiler version with cl.exe /?. |