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Reputation: 29571

mac easy_install problem

I've tried to install a python package using easy_install. I used the easy_install from /usr/local/bin as I thought that was the one supplied by macpython. I've encountered this problem:

ValueError: numpy >= 1.4 is required (detected 1.2.1 from /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/Extras/lib/python/numpy/__init__.pyc)

It seems like when checking for dependencies, easy_install is looking at the directory pointed by python that was shipped with Mac.

How can I alter this?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 848

Answers (2)

Nicholas Riley
Nicholas Riley

Reputation: 44341

You can use virtualenv with --no-site-packages then install your package into there. You might also want to investigate pip instead of easy_install.

Upvotes: 1

Steven D. Majewski
Steven D. Majewski

Reputation: 2167

If you are running a different version of python from the system supplied one, find the framework bin directory for that version, for example:

$ ls -l $(which python2.7)
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  71 Jul 13  2010 /usr/local/bin/python2.7 -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python2.7

Then run the version of easy_install that is in that directory:

/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/easy_install

Upvotes: 1

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