Re: [f2py] Can't get Enthought python to work with f2py

On 2009-06-30 12:58, charlie strauss wrote:
> I just installed the latest enthought python distro and now my f2py
> won't compile.
>
> I think the problem is that the enthought f2py is trying to use the fink
> or macports gfortran. But I don't know how to tell it not to.
>
> if I run ipython from fink then the programs do compile.

You almost certainly shouldn't be running f2py from ipython.

> the specific error that occurs from the enthought f2py is that it does
> not like the --arch command line flag that f2py places on the compile
> command. So another way to try solving this is to somehow adjust the
> default command line args in enthought's f2py so the fink gfortran is
> happy.

Note that it's not "Enthought's f2py". It's the standard f2py from numpy. I 
suspect that Fink is patching numpy to work with its standard gfortran 
configuration out-of-box.

> I have also tries using g95 as the -fcompiler=g95 or --fcompliler=gnu95
> and this also produced different but I think fundamentally simmilar errors.
>
> So my first question is how do I get enthought's f2py to stop using the
> fink or macports f2py???

Make sure that the gfortran that is first on your $PATH is the one you want to 
use. I recommend the one here:

   http://r.research.att.com/tools/

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