On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 10:00:28PM -0500, Predrag Punosevac wrote: > I am soliciting opinions about the "safety" of py-pip package > management system. I am using Python primarily for scientific > computing/prototyping. Many of standard scientific python modules in our > ports tree are a bit outdated (trying to update some of those ports is > on my todo list as I am sure it is on todo list of many people but busy > schedule is another story). > > Inspired by my recent experience with hs-cabal I decided to play with > py-pip on one of 5.1 installations which I will update soon. > Surprisingly or maybe not I was actually able to update most of my > python modules with exception of scipy which fails with linker problem > > ld: cannot find -lpython2.7
Export the next variables in your shell before of to run the compilation: LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/lib" CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/local/include" But I think is easier just to update the port. > > How safe is really using py-pip as a Python package manager? Is it > possible to reconfigure py-pip to behave like cabal which installs > modules in my home directory rather than in /usr/local/bin? Search "virtualenv home python". > > Best, > Predrag -- Juan Francisco Cantero Hurtado http://juanfra.info
