[Numpy-discussion] Installing numpy/scipy on CentOS 4

[Robert Kern]

On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 11:50 AM, Chris Miller <centos@scratchspace.com> wrote:
>
>  Hello,
>         I'm having trouble getting the python-numpy RPM to build under
>  CentOS 4.6. I've already built and installed atlas, lapack3 and
>  refblas3 from the CentOS 5 source RPMS, but numpy won't build
>  correctly. Although the ultimate error may be unrelated to Atlas,
>  clearly not all the atlas dependencies are being satisfied. Only the
>  .so files are supplied by the RPMS, but it seems that some
>  additional lib* files may be needed as well.
>
>  Side notes;
>
>  * gcc-g77 is not installed (apparently causes problems), gfortran is
>  installed from the gcc4 RPM.
>  * I ran "export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/atlas/sse2"
>  * I created the missing directories in
>  /var/tmp/python-numpy-1.0.4-build but it's really not clear that
>  this is really the problem
>  * The numpy SPEC file shows a dependency on lapack3 < 3.1, but
>  rpmbuild doesn't complain about this, and it seems everyone uses
>  lapack 3.0.x
>  * Upgrading to CentOS 5 is not an option
>
>  Can anyone provide any insight as to what exactly is missing from
>  Atlas and how to correctly resolve this dependency? Any other tips
>  are appreciated. rpmbuild output below.

>  running build_scripts
>  creating build/scripts.linux-i686-2.3
>  Creating build/scripts.linux-i686-2.3/f2py
>    adding 'build/scripts.linux-i686-2.3/f2py' to scripts
>  changing mode of build/scripts.linux-i686-2.3/f2py from 644 to 755
>  + exit 0
>  Executing(%install): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.28086
>  + umask 022
>  + cd /usr/src/redhat/BUILD
>  + cd numpy-1.0.4
>  + /usr/lib/rpm/brp-compress
>  + /usr/lib/rpm/brp-strip
>  + /usr/lib/rpm/brp-strip-static-archive
>  + /usr/lib/rpm/brp-strip-comment-note
>  Processing files: python-numpy-1.0.4-4.1
>  error: File not found by glob:
>  /var/tmp/python-numpy-1.0.4-build/usr/bin/*
>  error: File not found by glob:
>  /var/tmp/python-numpy-1.0.4-build/usr/lib/python*/site-packages/numpy
>  error: File not found by glob:
>  /var/tmp/python-numpy-1.0.4-build/usr/lib/python*/site-packages/numpy*.egg-info

It looks like nothing actually executed "python setup.py install" to
put the files into /var/tmp/python-numpy-1.0.4-build/. I suspect a
problem in the spec file. Unfortunately, I am not familiar with
building RPMs, so I don't know where you got the spec file from or
where you can get a good one.

-- 
Robert Kern

"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless
enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as
though it had an underlying truth."
 -- Umberto Eco