SciPy/Python install on Ubuntu

Question

I\'m currently following the tutorial Installing the SciPy Stack to install SciPy on Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) (I can\'t use apt-get install

Answer 1

Had the same problem. The following worked for me:

sudo apt-get install libblas-dev
sudo apt-get install liblapack-dev
sudo apt-get install gfortran

Answer 2

You need to download and install Atlas as the output suggests. After that, retry the SciPy installation.

Other option would be apt-get install older version. This will auto-install all the dependencies; and then install the newer one by hand. This will result in two libraries on your machine, one in /usr/share/pyshared most likely and another one somewhere under /usr/local, but you can make sure which one is loaded by altering the module loading path.

Also, if you will ommit --prefix=/usr/local, while installing newer version on top of older one, it will just get overwritten and the path mangling won't be required.