[PyCUDA] Fwd: installing/upgrading issue with siteconf.py, setup.py and 0.94rc

[Vince Fulco]

Dear Andreas-  Thanks for your patience.

"...Further, which of those packages actually requires setuptools? A
quick look at their repositories suggests none of them do."

I can only state that using yum install for the libraries mentioned
previously after installing distribute states the need for setuptools
installation.  Why, if as you mention each independently does not, I
have no idea.


"> Lastly, the build log you posted a while ago didn't show any
issues--what do you need help resolving"

After an install of Pycuda a la the build log you mentioned, any
attempt at running tests indicates missing python packages and a fail.
 This didn't happen in 0.93 and trying to re-install 0.93 at this
juncture also fails.

Will attempt another clean re-installation of everything and report back asap.

Best, V.



On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 4:18 PM, Andreas Kloeckner
<lists at informa.tiker.net> wrote:
> Hi Vince,
>
> On Sat, 21 Aug 2010 09:51:29 -0400, Vince Fulco <vfulco1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> To follow up on install failure detailed below, went ahead and removed
>> python-setuptools while installing distribute-0.6.4.  The ongoing
>> unresolved issue is that to re-install numpy, scipy, rpy prior to
>> PyCuda requires the setuptools dependency which messes up the install
>> as previously mentioned.  Would appreciate any further insights, V.
>
> Since distribute aims to replace setuptools, it should be installed at
> the very beginning of the process. (With distribute installed, "import
> setuptools" gives you distribute code.)
>
> Further, which of those packages actually requires setuptools? A quick
> look at their repositories suggests none of them do.
>
> Lastly, the build log you posted a while ago didn't show any
> issues--what do you need help resolving?
>
> HTH,
> Andreas
>



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