[BioPython] installation problems relating to mxTextTools

[Jeffrey Chang]

On Friday, September 12, 2003, at 05:16  AM, Karin Lagesen wrote:

> I got help from somebody on the list with the Martel problem. However,
> I am now (again) encountering a new problem:
>
> bash-2.05a# python setup.py install
> running install
> *** Numerical Python *** is either not installed or out of date.
>
> This package is optional, which means it is only used in a few
> specialized modules in Biopython.  You probably don't need this is you
> are unsure.  You can ignore this requirement, and install it later if
> you see ImportErrors.
> You can find Numerical Python at http://numpy.sourceforge.net/.
>
> Do you want to continue this installation? (Y/n)
>
>
> And this is now the third time this happens during the install. And I
> have installed numpy.

That is odd.  If you execute python:
[sophie:~] jchang% python
Python 2.3b2 (#1, Jul  3 2003, 22:26:38)
[GCC 3.1 20020420 (prerelease)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
 >>> import Numeric

Does it complain?

Jeff