[Numpy-discussion] Making a minimalist NumPy

[Travis E. Oliphant]

Benjamin M. Schwartz wrote:
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> NumPy is included in the OLPC operating system, which is very constrained in
> space.  Therefore, it would be nice to remove some subpackages to save a few
> megabytes.  For example, the system does not include any Fortran code or
> compiler, so f2py (3.6 MB) seems superfluous.  I also think the distutils
> subpackage (1.9M) is probably not necessary.  Therefore, I have two questions.
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> 1. Which packages do you think are necessary to have a functioning NumPy?
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> 2. What is the easiest way to make (or get) a minimal NumPy installation?  For
> example, would the scons/autoconf branch make this easier?
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* You can get rid of f2py, oldnumeric, numarray, and testing. 
* If you don't need to support building of c-extensions then distutils 
can also be tossed.


To make it, you should be able to just edit the

numpy/numpy/setup.py 

script to remove adding those sub-packages.   

Then,

python setup.py install

should work.


Let me know if you need further help.

-Travis O.