Windows Scipy Install: No Lapack/Blas Resources Found

Question

I am trying to install python and a series of packages onto a 64bit windows 7 desktop. I have installed Python 3.4, have Microsoft Visual Studio C++ installed, and have successfully installed numpy, pandas and a few others. I am getting the following error when trying to install scipy;

numpy.distutils.system_info.NotFoundError: no lapack/blas resources found

I am using pip install offline, the install command I am using is;

pip install --no-index --find-links="S:\python\scipy 0.15.0" scipy

I have read the posts on here about requiring a compiler which if I understand correctly is the VS C++ compiler. I am using the 2010 version as I am using Python 3.4. This has worked for other packages.

Do I have to use the window binary or is there a way I can get pip install to work?

Many thanks for the help

Answer 1

The following link should solve all problems with Windows and SciPy; just choose the appropriate download. I was able to pip install the package with no problems. Every other solution I have tried gave me big headaches.

Source: http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#scipy

Command:

 pip install [Local File Location]\[Your specific file such as scipy-0.16.0-cp27-none-win_amd64.whl]

This assumes you have installed the following already:

1. Install Visual Studio 2015/2013 with Python Tools
   (Is integrated into the setup options on install of 2015)

2. Install Visual Studio C++ Compiler for Python
   Source: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=44266
   File Name: VCForPython27.msi

3. Install Python Version of choice
   Source: python.org
   File Name (e.g.): python-2.7.10.amd64.msi