On 06/23/2010 09:38 AM, Geoffrey Ely wrote: > > Not sure if Python itself is available through PyPI/distribute. I installed > Python 2.6.5 from source. > > As I understand it, setuptools does not work well for Numpy install, but > distribute is a bit better. Is that true?
No, it is even worse. > Is it better to avoid setuptools/distribute/PyPI altogether? Yes, unless you need their features (which in the case of numpy is mostly egg, since installing from pypi rarely works anyway). David _______________________________________________ NumPy-Discussion mailing list NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
