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diff --git a/INSTALL.rst.txt b/INSTALL.rst.txt index f4e96fc1f..426105929 100644 --- a/INSTALL.rst.txt +++ b/INSTALL.rst.txt @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ Building and installing NumPy +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ -**IMPORTANT**: the below notes are about building Numpy, which for most users -is *not* the recommended way to install Numpy. Instead, use either a complete +**IMPORTANT**: the below notes are about building NumPy, which for most users +is *not* the recommended way to install NumPy. Instead, use either a complete scientific Python distribution (recommended) or a binary installer - see http://scipy.org/install.html. @@ -39,13 +39,13 @@ nose__ http://somethingaboutorange.com/mrl/projects/nose/ .. note:: - If you want to build Numpy in order to work on Numpy itself, use + If you want to build NumPy in order to work on NumPy itself, use ``runtests.py``. For more details, see http://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy-dev/dev/development_environment.html .. note:: - More extensive information on building Numpy (and Scipy) is maintained at + More extensive information on building NumPy (and Scipy) is maintained at http://scipy.org/scipylib/building/index.html @@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ NPY_NUM_BUILD_JOBS. Choosing compilers ================== -Numpy needs a C compiler, and for development versions also Cython. A Fortran -compiler isn't needed to build Numpy itself; the ``numpy.f2py`` tests will be +NumPy needs a C compiler, and for development versions also Cython. A Fortran +compiler isn't needed to build NumPy itself; the ``numpy.f2py`` tests will be skipped when running the test suite if no Fortran compiler is available. For building Scipy a Fortran compiler is needed though, so we include some details on Fortran compilers in the rest of this section. @@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ good `application note <https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/numpyscipy-wit on this. If you want to use a free compiler toolchain, the recommended compiler is MingwPy__. -The older MinGW32 compiler set used to produce older .exe installers for Numpy +The older MinGW32 compiler set used to produce older .exe installers for NumPy itself is still available at https://github.com/numpy/numpy-vendor, but not recommended for use anymore. @@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ Building with optimized BLAS support Configuring which BLAS/LAPACK is used if you have multiple libraries installed, or you have only one installed but in a non-standard location, is done via a -``site.cfg`` file. See the ``site.cfg.example`` shipped with Numpy for more +``site.cfg`` file. See the ``site.cfg.example`` shipped with NumPy for more details. Windows @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ For an overview of the state of BLAS/LAPACK libraries on Windows, see OS X ---- -OS X ships the Accelerate framework, which Numpy can build against without any +OS X ships the Accelerate framework, which NumPy can build against without any manual configuration. Other BLAS/LAPACK implementations (OpenBLAS, Intel MKL, ATLAS) will also work. @@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ Or by preloading a specific BLAS library with:: Build issues ============ -If you run into build issues and need help, the Numpy +If you run into build issues and need help, the NumPy `mailing list <http://scipy.org/scipylib/mailing-lists.html>`_ is the best -place to ask. If the issue is clearly a bug in Numpy, please file an issue (or +place to ask. If the issue is clearly a bug in NumPy, please file an issue (or even better, a pull request) at https://github.com/numpy/numpy. |