Error in installing scipy on Windows 10

Question

When I attempt to install scipy on Windows 10, it fails

>Installing collected packages: scipy
  Running setup.py install for scipy ... error
    Complete output from command c:\users\ashima\appdata\local\programs\python\python36-32\python.exe -u -c "import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='C:\\Users\\ashima\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-build-1wbaof6j\\scipy\\setup.py';f=getattr(tokenize, 'open', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('\r\n', '\n');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, 'exec'))" install --record C:\Users\ashima\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-mea6a2r6-record\install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile:

Note: if you need reliable uninstall behavior, then install
with pip instead of using `setup.py install`:

  - `pip install .`       (from a git repo or downloaded source
                           release)
  - `pip install scipy`   (last SciPy release on PyPI)


lapack_opt_info:
lapack_mkl_info:
  libraries mkl_rt not found in ['c:\\users\\ashima\\appdata\\local\\programs\\python\\python36-32\\lib', 'C:\\', 'c:\\users\\ashima\\appdata\\local\\programs\\python\\python36-32\\libs']
  NOT AVAILABLE

openblas_lapack_info:
  libraries openblas not found in ['c:\\users\\ashima\\appdata\\local\\programs\\python\\python36-32\\lib', 'C:\\', 'c:\\users\\ashima\\appdata\\local\\programs\\python\\python36-32\\libs']
  NOT AVAILABLE

atlas_3_10_threads_info:
Setting PTATLAS=ATLAS
c:\users\ashima\appdata\local\programs\python\python36-32\lib\site-packages\numpy\distutils\system_info.py:1051: UserWarning: Specified path C:\projects\numpy-wheels\windows-wheel-builder\atlas-builds\atlas-3.10.1-sse2-32\lib is invalid.
  pre_dirs = system_info.get_paths(self, section, key)
<class 'numpy.distutils.system_info.atlas_3_10_threads_info'>
  NOT AVAILABLE

atlas_3_10_info:
<class 'numpy.distutils.system_info.atlas_3_10_info'>
  NOT AVAILABLE

atlas_threads_info:
Setting PTATLAS=ATLAS
<class 'numpy.distutils.system_info.atlas_threads_info'>
  NOT AVAILABLE

atlas_info:
<class 'numpy.distutils.system_info.atlas_info'>
  NOT AVAILABLE

c:\users\ashima\appdata\local\programs\python\python36-32\lib\site-packages\numpy\distutils\system_info.py:572: UserWarning:
    Atlas (http://math-atlas.sourceforge.net/) libraries not found.
    Directories to search for the libraries can be specified in the
    numpy/distutils/site.cfg file (section [atlas]) or by setting
    the ATLAS environment variable.
  self.calc_info()
lapack_info:
  libraries lapack not found in ['c:\\users\\ashima\\appdata\\local\\programs\\python\\python36-32\\lib', 'C:\\', 'c:\\users\\ashima\\appdata\\local\\programs\\python\\python36-32\\libs']
  NOT AVAILABLE

c:\users\ashima\appdata\local\programs\python\python36-32\lib\site-packages\numpy\distutils\system_info.py:572: UserWarning:
    Lapack (http://www.netlib.org/lapack/) libraries not found.
    Directories to search for the libraries can be specified in the
    numpy/distutils/site.cfg file (section [lapack]) or by setting
    the LAPACK environment variable.
  self.calc_info()
lapack_src_info:
  NOT AVAILABLE

c:\users\ashima\appdata\local\programs\python\python36-32\lib\site-packages\numpy\distutils\system_info.py:572: UserWarning:
    Lapack (http://www.netlib.org/lapack/) sources not found.
    Directories to search for the sources can be specified in the
    numpy/distutils/site.cfg file (section [lapack_src]) or by setting
    the LAPACK_SRC environment variable.
  self.calc_info()
  NOT AVAILABLE

Running from scipy source directory.
non-existing path in 'scipy\\integrate': 'quadpack.h'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  File "C:\Users\ashima\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-1wbaof6j\scipy\setup.py", line 416, in <module>
    setup_package()
  File "C:\Users\ashima\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-1wbaof6j\scipy\setup.py", line 412, in setup_package
    setup(**metadata)
  File "c:\users\ashima\appdata\local\programs\python\python36-32\lib\site-packages\numpy\distutils\core.py", line 135, in setup
    config = configuration()
  File "C:\Users\ashima\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-1wbaof6j\scipy\setup.py", line 336, in configuration
    config.add_subpackage('scipy')
  File "c:\users\ashima\appdata\local\programs\python\python36-32\lib\site-packages\numpy\distutils\misc_util.py", line 1001, in add_subpackage
    caller_level = 2)
  File "c:\users\ashima\appdata\local\programs\python\python36-32\lib\site-packages\numpy\distutils\misc_util.py", line 970, in get_subpackage
    caller_level = caller_level + 1)
  File "c:\users\ashima\appdata\local\programs\python\python36-32\lib\site-packages\numpy\distutils\misc_util.py", line 907, in _get_configuration_from_setup_py
    config = setup_module.configuration(*args)
  File "scipy\setup.py", line 15, in configuration
    config.add_subpackage('linalg')
  File "c:\users\ashima\appdata\local\programs\python\python36-32\lib\site-packages\numpy\distutils\misc_util.py", line 1001, in add_subpackage
    caller_level = 2)
  File "c:\users\ashima\appdata\local\programs\python\python36-32\lib\site-packages\numpy\distutils\misc_util.py", line 970, in get_subpackage
    caller_level = caller_level + 1)
  File "c:\users\ashima\appdata\local\programs\python\python36-32\lib\site-packages\numpy\distutils\misc_util.py", line 907, in _get_configuration_from_setup_py
    config = setup_module.configuration(*args)
  File "scipy\linalg\setup.py", line 20, in configuration
    raise NotFoundError('no lapack/blas resources found')
numpy.distutils.system_info.NotFoundError: no lapack/blas resources found


>Command "c:\users\ashima\appdata\local\programs\python\python36-32\python.exe -u -c "import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='C:\\Users\\ashima\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-build-1wbaof6j\\scipy\\setup.py';f=getattr(tokenize, 'open', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('\r\n', '\n');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, 'exec'))" install --record C:\Users\ashima\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-mea6a2r6-record\install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile" failed with error code 1 in C:\Users\ashima\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-1wbaof6j\scipy\

Answer 1

I had a similar error when I installed scipy. I have found it much easier to just install it using Anaconda. The installer is here: https://www.continuum.io/downloads

Caution: it will also install other python libs related to data science such as NumPy, Pandas, SciPy, Matplotlib, and Jupyter. A full list by python version is here: https://docs.continuum.io/anaconda/pkg-docs#python-3-6

I installed this after having python already installed, and there was no issue.

Sorry for not answering your question directly, but this will deliver you scipy and many more goodies!

Answer 2

Thankyou for your answers.

But I found a better solution to this. My problem got resolved by downloading numpy wheel file, scipy wheel file and the scikit-learn wheel file and installing it the same way as we install any other python file.