scipy and numpy install on linux without root

Question

I am trying to install scipy and numpy. Because I don't have root privileges, when I tried to install numpy first, I typed python setup.py install --prefix=/data3/home which worked. When I then tried to install scipy it reported this error:

File "setup.py", line 230, in <module>
    setup_package()
  File "setup.py", line 218, in setup_package
    from numpy.distutils.core import setup
ImportError: No module named numpy.distutils.core

How can I fix this issue?

Answer 1

A more standard way around is to make a per-user install like described in PEP 370 :

pip install numpy --user

Or use a virtualenv.