Supplying NumPy site.cfg arguments to pip

Question

I\'m using NumPy built against Intel\'s Math Kernel Library. I use virtualenv, and typically use pip to install packages.

However, in order for NumPy to find the

Answer 1

Your goal of installing NumPy to use Intel's Math Kernel Library is now much easier since Intel created pips to install MKL + NumPy:

pip uninstall numpy -y  # if the standard numpy is present
pip install intel-numpy

as well as intel-scipy, intel-scikit-learn, pydaal, tbb4py, mkl_fft, mkl_random, and the lower level packages if you need just them. Again, you must first uninstall the standard packages if they're already installed in your virtualenv.

NOTE:

If standard NumPy, SciPy and Scikit-Learn packages are already installed, the packages must be uninstalled before installing the Intel® variants of these packages(intel-numpy etc) to avoid any conflicts. As mentioned earlier, pydaal uses intel-numpy, hence it is important to first remove the standard Numpy library (if installed) and then install pydaal.