On 15/12/2011 01:28, Sean Baumgarten wrote:
Hello,
I'm wondering if someone could walk me step-by-step through installing
Python and some third-party modules. I've never used Python or other
programming languages before, but I'm just trying to install it so I
can run a simple script. I'm running Mac OSX 10.6.8.
Hello Sean,
Installing Python shouldn't be a problem .. I found it more complicated
to subscribe to this mailing list than to install it :) ..
I think it comes with most of what you need in a single package. I
needed recently pyWin, and I downloaded it from Sourceforge.
I'll walk in your shoes for a bit (Although I'm on Windows XP 5.1.2600 &
Python 3.2)
I searched for the term Numpy on Google. The first site it returned was
numpy.scipy.org
I clicked on Download, I landed on http://new.scipy.org/download.html.
I opened two links in new tabs : "SourceForge site for Numpy" &
"SourceForge site for Scipy"
http://sourceforge.net/projects/numpy/files/
And
http://sourceforge.net/projects/scipy/files/
"Looking for the latest version? *Download
numpy-1.6.1-win32-superpack-python2.6.exe (6.0 MB)
<http://sourceforge.net/projects/numpy/files/latest/download?source=files>
*Looking for the latest version? *Download
scipy-0.10.0-win32-superpack-python2.6.exe (46.0 MB)
<http://sourceforge.net/projects/scipy/files/latest/download?source=files> *
*
*You click on the links (I think the site is OS aware, so you'll
probably be given a link for a "dmg" or something if you're on a mac)
I see the "python2.6" at the end, I guess it won't work but I'll test
for the sake of being certain nevertheless.
I click on the numpy-1.6.1 because it's smaller and to test quickly..
(I'm typing as I'm doing, so do some "nop"s while you wait :) )
I launch the installation of numpy-1.6.1 and it says "Python version
2.6 required, which was not found in the registry" in a dialog box
titled "Cannot install".
I Google "nympy python 3.2" .. The second link seems interesting
http://www.wilmott.com/messageview.cfm?catid=10&threadid=83588
The guy posting the question was advised to stick with Python 2.6 or 2.7
and given a link for the FAQ
http://new.scipy.org/faq.html#does-numpy-currently-work-with-python-3-x-what-about-scipy
I don't know which version of Python you're using.
--
~Jugurtha Hadjar,
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