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diff --git a/development/numpy-legacy3/README b/development/numpy-legacy3/README index 345660ee8e..c13af7d039 100644 --- a/development/numpy-legacy3/README +++ b/development/numpy-legacy3/README @@ -9,27 +9,28 @@ interfacing with general-purpose data-base applications. There are also basic facilities for discrete fourier transform, basic linear algebra and random number generation. -If you need to build numpy for debugging, set DEBUG=y. If you use software -which is having problems with numpy's new relaxed strides checking, set -NPY_RSC=0. +If you need to build numpy for debugging, set DEBUG=y. If you use +software which is having problems with numpy's new relaxed strides +checking, set NPY_RSC=0. -It is highly recommended to install libraries implementing BLAS and LAPACK -before installing numpy. You may choose between: +It is highly recommended to install libraries implementing BLAS and +LAPACK before installing numpy. You may choose between: a) BLAS and LAPACK (reference but unoptimized and thus slow) b) OpenBLAS (optimized, provides LAPACK too) c) ATLAS and LAPACK (optimized), good to read README.ATLAS All these are available on SlackBuilds.org. -If you want to use the UMFPACK library instead of SuperLU to solve unsymmetric -sparse linear systems, then run this Slackbuild with NO_UMFPACK set to "no" -and then install scikit-umfpack on top of scipy. In this context, UMFPACK is an -optional dependency for numpy. Nevertheless, note that presently scikit-umfpack -is not available on SlackBuilds.org while its dependencies are. +If you want to use the UMFPACK library instead of SuperLU to solve +unsymmetric sparse linear systems, then run this Slackbuild with +NO_UMFPACK set to "no" and then install scikit-umfpack on top of +scipy. In this context, UMFPACK is an optional dependency for +numpy. Nevertheless, note that presently scikit-umfpack is not +available on SlackBuilds.org while its dependencies are. -NOTE: If you use this SlackBuild numpy will run with the python 3 version - installed on your system. If you'd like to use python 2.7.xx as - provided by Slackware Linux then you have to install it with the - numpy-legacy SlackBuild. +NOTE: If you use this SlackBuild numpy will run with the python 3 + version installed on your system. If you'd like to use python + 2.7.xx as provided by Slackware Linux then you have to install + it with the numpy-legacy SlackBuild. IMPORTANT: This version, 1.8.2, is the latest to include the oldnumeric and numarray compatibility modules. Starting with version |