To do a standard installation, run sudo python setup.py install from inside the numpy directory
Then your import should work elsewhere. By the way, "import *" can cause difficulties when you're working with several different files. For example, if you have a function called 'save' somewhere that imports something that does 'from numpy import *' you'll have problems because there is a numpy.save. It's better to import numpy with a shorter name, ie, "import numpy as N" or "import numpy as npy" than to drop the namespace altogether. On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 6:55 AM, Alex Ter-Sarkissov <sigma.z.1...@gmail.com>wrote: > hi everyone, i'm very new to ubuntu, now trying to install numpy and > wxpython. > > Having unpacked numpy and running the standard commnad in idle > > from numpy import * > > i get the message > > ImportError: Error importing numpy: you should not try to import numpy from > its source directory; please exit the numpy source tree, and > relaunch > your python intepreter from there. > > I quit the folder with numpy, relaunched python, but the module wasn't even > identified. > > thanks > > _______________________________________________ > NumPy-Discussion mailing list > NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org > http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion > >
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