I console access to a computer where I do not have root nor sudo rights.
Python version is 2.5.2 and numpy is not available. I cannot use python setup.py install --u
I'm not 100% this will work, but Enthought has a free version of the EPD that has numpy and scipy included, that may not require a compiler to install (since it's just installing binaries as far as I can tell), and doesn't need root access:
http://www.enthought.com/products/epd_free.php