Installing NumPy

Question

I have Windows Vista and am running Python 2.7. I am having trouble installing some Python libraries including, NumPy, SciPy, and pygame. I am currently trying to copy the NumPy file straight to my computer (C:\numpy) and then unziping the file there. In a command prompt I then run the code;

cd c:\numpy
python setup.py config
python setup.py install

When I get to the "python setup.py config" part, the command prompt says "this is the wrong setup.py file to run"

Any suggestions?

Answer 1

This is the ANSWER for installing numpy on Windows 8 64 bit.

All you need is:

1.Python, installed in your system, in my case its c:\Python27, its 2.7 version.

2.Install pip if not available.

3. download "numpy-1.9.2+mkl-cp27-none-win_amd64.whl" file for 64 bit, you can find this here: http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#numpy

if you don't find it there use mine at: https://github.com/pawanputtaswamy/Libs

How to install:

1.open command prompt (Windows + r and type cmd)

2.Go to pip directory, in my case (cd c:\Python27\Scripts\pip.exe)

3.Run the following command: pip.exe install \numpy-1.9.2+mkl-cp27-none-win_amd64.whl

Done

Answer 2

Numpy, Scypy and pygame all have windows installers; You are advised to use these installers in favor of archive versions. Make sure you match the version (3.2, 2.7) and archetecture (i386 or x86_64) as the python binary you have installed.