Comments on: EPD for OS X: public beta available

By: Bill

Bill — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 20:06:37 +0000

This is very exciting. However, am I correct that the the Leopard 64 bit architecture (x86_64) is not one of the supported architectures?

I can compile python to be 64 bit under Leopard but not with numpy/scipy. This allows me to use Python for preprocessing and then use R/Matlab (beta)/Mathematica, which are now all 64-bit on Leopard, for numeric processing. In many cases, I would prefer to use Python with numpy/scipy, under ’64-bit Leopard’, if at all possible.

Are there reasons why numpy and scipy can’t be used under Leopard x86_64? Or should I keep trying and hoping?

Thanks!

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:35:45 +0000

This is excellent news indeed! Thank you so much.

Just a couple of questions on the install location:

1. Can we guarantee that overwriting the symlinks in /usr/bin won’t interfere with Apple code making use of the System python install?

2. Where do you install non-python code and libraries that are required by packages in the EPD? For example, HDF5 for pytables, Fortran and FFTW for SciPy, Graphviz, freetype, zlib, lapack, etc.etc.

Thank you again!
Mike.

By: the nub

the nub — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:13:01 +0000

Thanks!

I can say good bye to vmware (for now).

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