NumPy is a replacement of Numeric Python that adds the features of numarray. To install system-wide: 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 guide the process using a site.cfg file. If fast BLAS and LAPACK cannot be found, then a slower default version is used. After installation, tests can be run (from outside the source directory) with: python -c 'import numpy; numpy.test()' Please note that you must have version 0.10 or later of the 'nose' test framework installed in order to run the tests. More information about nose is available here: http://somethingaboutorange.com/mrl/projects/nose/ The most current development version of NumPy is always available from our subversion repository: http://svn.scipy.org/svn/numpy/trunk