David, > > Klaus Noekel wrote: > > I doubt that the DLL was not physically present and rather suspect a > > dependency on some other DLL that was missing. The INSTALL.TXT > > unfortunately was not helpful. Can anybody please explain what other > > dependencies exist? Anything else I need to install? > > > > This exact problem is specific to IDLE - I don't know what triggers it. > Today, the best solution for a 64 bits numpy on windows is to built it > yourself with MS compilers - the distributed one is built with mingw > compilers, and there still seems to be some stability problems with > those. Unfortunately, as the mingw debugger does not work either on 64 > bits archs, finding the problem is quite hard. >
I don't believe that the problem is specific to IDLE. Python also crashes when I put nothing but "import numpy" in a file and execute it with python.exe. Regarding the note on building numpy myself: the discussion in this forum scared me a little, because of the challenge to build LAPACK with a compatible Fortran compiler etc. That and the fact that I do not have MSVC 2008 (only 2005) keeps me from trying it. Any chance that a MS-based installer will materialize soon? Or are there any mingw-specific runtime libraries that I need to install so that the mingw-based numpy works? Thanks for your help! Klaus Noekel -- Neu: GMX FreeDSL Komplettanschluss mit DSL 6.000 Flatrate + Telefonanschluss für nur 17,95 Euro/mtl.!* http://dslspecial.gmx.de/freedsl-aktionspreis/?ac=OM.AD.PD003K11308T4569a _______________________________________________ Numpy-discussion mailing list Numpy-discussion@scipy.org http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
