How to install numpy on windows using pip install?

Question

I want to install numpy using pip install numpy command but i get follwing error:

RuntimeError: Broken toolchain: cannot link a simple C program 

I'm using windows 7 32bit, python 2.7.9, pip 6.1.1 and some MSVC compiler. I think it uses compiler from Visual C++ 2010 Express, but actually I'm not sure which one because I have several visual studio installations.

I know that there are prebuilt packages for windows but I want to figure out if there is some way to do it just by typing pip install numpy?

Edit: I think that there could be other packages which must be compiled before usage, so it's not only about numpy. I want to solve the problem with my compiler so I could easily install any other similar package without necessity to search for prebuilt packages (and hope that there are some at all)

Answer 1

Check installation of python 2.7 than install/reinstall pip which described here than open command line and write

pip install numpy 

or

pip install scipy 

if already installed try this

pip install -U numpy 

Answer 2

Installing extension modules can be an issue with pip. This is why conda exists. conda is an open-source BSD-licensed cross-platform package manager. It can easily install NumPy.

Two options:

• Install Anaconda here
• Install Miniconda here and then go to a command-line and type conda install numpy (make sure your PATH includes the location conda was installed to).