I'm trying to get up-and-running with Python for scientific- computing purposes, and I'm running into an error with installation of the SciPy package:

---> Building py-scipy with target build Error: Target org.macports.build returned: shell command " cd "/opt/ local/var/macports/build/ _opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_pytho n_py-scipy/work/scipy-0.5.2" && /opt/local/bin/python2.4 setup.py build " returned error 1 Command output: warnings.warn(self.notfounderror.__doc__) NOT AVAILABLE

non-existing path in 'Lib/maxentropy': 'doc' Traceback (most recent call last): File "setup.py", line 55, in ? setup_package() File "setup.py", line 47, in setup_package configuration=configuration ) File "/opt/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/numpy/distutils/ core.py", line 142, in setup config = configuration() File "setup.py", line 19, in configuration config.add_subpackage('Lib') File "/opt/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/numpy/distutils/ misc_util.py", line 772, in add_subpackage caller_level = 2) File "/opt/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/numpy/distutils/ misc_util.py", line 755, in get_subpackage caller_level = caller_level + 1) File "/opt/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/numpy/distutils/ misc_util.py", line 702, in _get_configuration_from_setup_py config = setup_module.configuration(*args) File "/opt/local/var/macports/build/ _opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_pytho n_py-scipy/work/scipy-0.5.2/Lib/setup.py", line 15, in configuration config.add_subpackage('odr') File "/opt/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/numpy/distutils/ misc_util.py", line 772, in add_subpackage caller_level = 2) File "/opt/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/numpy/distutils/ misc_util.py", line 755, in get_subpackage caller_level = caller_level + 1) File "/opt/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/numpy/distutils/ misc_util.py", line 687, in _get_configuration_from_setup_py ('.py', 'U', 1)) File "Lib/odr/setup.py", line 9, in ? from numpy.distutils.misc_util import get_path, Configuration, dot_join ImportError: cannot import name get_path

Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.

OK, I seem to have solved that problem -- apparently it is a known issue with NumPy: http://www.nabble.com/Re%3A-Failed%3A-phase-compiling%3A-scipy- py25-0.5.2-3-failed-p11024299.html Accordingly, I replaced the call to get_path with a call to get_path_from_frame in /opt/local/var/macports/build/ _opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_python_ py-scipy/work/scipy-0.5.2/Lib/odr/setup.py But... I now have a new problem (which is hopefully not a result of my "fix" for the old problem). The new error is as follows: ---> Building py-scipy with target build Error: Target org.macports.build returned: shell command " cd "/opt/ local/var/macports/build/ _opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_python_ py-scipy/work/scipy-0.5.2" && /opt/local/bin/python2.4 setup.py build " returned error 1 Command output: _PyImport_ImportModule _PyInt_Type _PyModule_GetDict _PyNumber_Int _PyObject_GetAttrString _PySequence_Check _PySequence_GetItem _PyString_FromString _PyString_Type _PyType_IsSubtype _PyType_Type _Py_BuildValue _Py_InitModule4 __Py_NoneStruct _PyCObject_FromVoidPtr _PyDict_DelItemString _PyDict_GetItemString _PyDict_New _PyExc_AttributeError _PyExc_TypeError _PyExc_ValueError _PyObject_Free _PyObject_Str _PyObject_Type _PyString_AsString _PyString_ConcatAndDel _Py_FindMethod __PyObject_New _MAIN_ error: Command "g95 -shared build/temp.macosx-10.3-i386-2.4/build/ src.macosx-10.3-i386-2.4/Lib/fftpack/_fftpackmodule.o build/ temp.macosx-10.3-i386-2.4/Lib/fftpack/src/zfft.o build/ temp.macosx-10.3-i386-2.4/Lib/fftpack/src/drfft.o build/ temp.macosx-10.3-i386-2.4/Lib/fftpack/src/zrfft.o build/ temp.macosx-10.3-i386-2.4/Lib/fftpack/src/zfftnd.o build/ temp.macosx-10.3-i386-2.4/build/src.macosx-10.3-i386-2.4/ fortranobject.o -L/opt/local/lib -Lbuild/temp.macosx-10.3-i386-2.4 - ldfftpack -lfftw3 -o build/lib.macosx-10.3-i386-2.4/scipy/fftpack/ _fftpack.so" failed with exit status 1 Error: Status 1 encountered during processing. As before, any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Best - Chris