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Windows Scipy Install: No Lapack/Blas Resources Found

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I am trying to install python and a series of packages onto a 64bit windows 7 desktop. I have installed Python 3.4, have Microsoft Visual Studio C++ installed, and have successfully installed numpy, pandas and a few others. I am getting the following error when trying to install scipy;

numpy.distutils.system_info.NotFoundError: no lapack/blas resources found

I am using pip install offline, the install command I am using is;

pip install --no-index --find-links="S:\python\scipy 0.15.0" scipy

I have read the posts on here about requiring a compiler which if I understand correctly is the VS C++ compiler. I am using the 2010 version as I am using Python 3.4. This has worked for other packages.

Do I have to use the window binary or is there a way I can get pip install to work?

Many thanks for the help

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asked Jan 28 at 11:00 Captmrt 3817

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I think it requires a Fortran compiler. But if pre-built binaries are acceptable, you can use Christoph Gohlke's numpy and scipy wheel packages with pip. –  eryksun Jan 28 at 11:08

Thanks Eryksun, I'm getting the binaries downloaded to see if that fixes the problem. –  Captmrt Jan 28 at 20:00

Frustratingly when i try and install the binary it claims that I do not have Python 3.4 installed, even though it is there in PATH. –  Captmrt Jan 29 at 19:51

Try py -3.4 -m pip install SomePackage.whl –  eryksun Jan 30 at 1:24

I also had this problem. I was unable to get pip to work, but this worked for me (on Widows): sourceforge.net/projects/scipy/files/scipy –  MackM Feb 12 at 20:10

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In the end I had to use the Anaconda build that includes scipy which worked fine. Thanks for the help,