From 8f71e0e0b1aeee5e2f4456103be5be08373d10b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: B. Watson Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2020 00:37:48 -0400 Subject: development/numpy: Fix README. Signed-off-by: B. Watson Signed-off-by: Willy Sudiarto Raharjo --- development/numpy/README | 56 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------- 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-) (limited to 'development') diff --git a/development/numpy/README b/development/numpy/README index 194190812c..4c367a1508 100644 --- a/development/numpy/README +++ b/development/numpy/README @@ -1,39 +1,41 @@ -NumPy is a general-purpose array-processing package designed to efficiently -manipulate large multi-dimensional arrays of arbitrary records without -sacrificing too much speed for small multi-dimensional arrays. NumPy is built -on the Numeric code base and adds features introduced by numarray as well as an -extended C-API and the ability to create arrays of arbitrary type which also -makes NumPy suitable for interfacing with general-purpose data-base -applications. +NumPy is a general-purpose array-processing package designed to +efficiently manipulate large multi-dimensional arrays of arbitrary +records without sacrificing too much speed for small multi-dimensional +arrays. NumPy is built on the Numeric code base and adds features +introduced by numarray as well as an extended C-API and the ability +to create arrays of arbitrary type which also makes NumPy suitable for +interfacing with general-purpose data-base applications. -There are also basic facilities for discrete fourier transform, basic linear -algebra and random number generation. +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. +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. NOTE: If you use this SlackBuild, numpy will run with the python version - provided by Slackware Linux, which is presently 2.7.xx. If you'd like to - use python 3.x then you have to install the numpy3 SlackBuild. + provided by Slackware Linux, which is presently 2.7.xx. If + you'd like to use python 3.x then you have to install the numpy3 + SlackBuild. IMPORTANT: The version installed by this SlackBuild does NOT include the - oldnumeric and numarray compatibility modules since starting with - version 1.9.0 these modules got removed by the numpy developers. - If you need these compatibility modules please consider the - numpy-legacy SlackBuild. - THUS: This SlackBuild conflicts with the numpy-legacy SlackBuild - which installs versions < 1.9.0! + oldnumeric and numarray compatibility modules since + starting with version 1.9.0 these modules got removed by + the numpy developers. If you need these compatibility + modules please consider the numpy-legacy SlackBuild. + THUS: This SlackBuild conflicts with the numpy-legacy + SlackBuild which installs versions < 1.9.0! -- cgit v1.2.3