How to install Scipy with pip on Mac Mountain Lion OS X v10.8

Question

I\'m having serious difficulty installing Scipy with pip on Mountain Lion. I\'ve tried:

sudo pip install -e git+https://github.com/scipy/scipy#egg=scipy-dev
         


        

Answer 1

Pip has difficulties with scipy on OS X in general. It is not trivial to install from the sources, so I advise against it. In OS X you have a few better options:

• Scipy superpack, a bunch of precompiled binaries
• Enthought Canopy (free or another) has already everything you'll need (numpy, scipy, matplotlib, etc.)
• Anaconda, a free scientific python distribution with probably all the packages you'll ever need.
• MacPorts, a comprehensive and flexible package manager that allows you to install and maintain a python distribution
• Homebrew, another popular package manager for OS X