How do I install SciPy on 64 bit Windows

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How do I install SciPy on my system   For the NumPy part  that SciPy depends on  there is actually an installer for 64 bit Windows  numpy-1 3 0 win-amd64-py2 6 msi  is direct download URL  2310144 bytes    Running the SciPy superpack installer results in this message in a dialog box      Cannot install  Python version 2 6 required  which was not found in the registry    I already have Python 2 6 2 installed  and a working Django installation in it   but I don t know about any Registry story   The registry entries seem to already exist   REGEDIT4   HKEY LOCAL MACHINE SOFTWARE Python    HKEY LOCAL MACHINE SOFTWARE Python PythonCore    HKEY LOCAL MACHINE SOFTWARE Python PythonCore 2 6    HKEY LOCAL MACHINE SOFTWARE Python PythonCore 2 6 Help    HKEY LOCAL MACHINE SOFTWARE Python PythonCore 2 6 Help Main Python Documentation     D   Python262  Doc  python262 chm    HKEY LOCAL MACHINE SOFTWARE Python PythonCore 2 6 InstallPath     D   Python262      HKEY LOCAL MACHINE SOFTWARE Python PythonCore 2 6 InstallPath InstallGroup     Python 2 6    HKEY LOCAL MACHINE SOFTWARE Python PythonCore 2 6 Modules    HKEY LOCAL MACHINE SOFTWARE Python PythonCore 2 6 PythonPath     D   Python262  Lib D   Python262  DLLs D   Python262  Lib  lib-tk      What I have done so far   Step 1  Downloaded the NumPy superpack installer numpy-1 3 0rc2-win32-superpack-python2 6 exe  direct download URL  4782592 bytes   Running this installer resulted in the same message   Cannot install  Python version 2 6 required  which was not found in the registry    Update  there is actually an installer for NumPy that works - see beginning of the question   Step 2  Tried to install NumPy in another way  Downloaded the zip package numpy-1 3 0rc2 zip  direct download URL  2404011 bytes   extracted the zip file in a normal way to a temporary directory  D  temp7 numpy-1 3 0rc2  where setup py and README txt is   I then opened a command line window and   d  cd D  temp7 numpy-1 3 0rc2 setup py install   This ran for a long time and also included use of cl exe  part of Visual Studio   Here is a nearly 5000 lines long transcript  230 KB    This seemed to work  I can now do this in Python   import numpy as np np random random 10    with this result   array   0 35667511   0 56099423   0 38423629   0 09733172   0 81560421          0 18813222   0 10566666   0 84968066   0 79472597   0 30997724     Step 3  Downloaded the SciPy superpack installer  scipy-0 7 1rc3- win32-superpack-python2 6 exe  direct download URL  45597175 bytes   Running this installer resulted in the message listed in the beginning  Step 4  Tried to install SciPy in another way  Downloaded the zip package scipy-0 7 1rc3 zip  direct download URL  5506562 bytes   extracted the zip file in a normal way to a temporary directory  D  temp7 scipy-0 7 1  where setup py and README txt is   I then opened a command line window and   d  cd D  temp7 scipy-0 7 1 setup py install   This did not achieve much - here is a transcript  about 95 lines    And it fails    gt  gt  gt  import scipy as sp2 Traceback  most recent call last     File   lt stdin gt    line 1  in  lt module gt  ImportError  No module named scipy     Platform  Python 2 6 2 installed in directory D  Python262  Windows XP 64 bit SP2  8 GB RAM  Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition installed   The startup screen of the installed Python is   Python 2 6 2  r262 71605  Apr 14 2009  22 46 50   MSC v 1500 64 bit  AMD64   on win32 Type  help    copyright    credits  or  license  for more information   gt  gt  gt    Value of PATH  result from SET in a command line window   Path D  Perl64 site bin D  Perl64 bin C  Program Files  x86  PC Connectivity Solution  D  Perl site bin D  Perl bin C  WINDOWS system32 C  WINDOWS C  WINDOWS System32 Wbem C  Program Files  x86  ATI Technologies ATI ACE Core-Static d  Program Files  x86  WinSCP  D  MassLynx  D  Program Files  x86  Analyst bin d  Python262 d  Python262 Scripts D  Program Files  x86  TortoiseSVN bin D  Program Files TortoiseSVN bin C  WINDOWS system32 WindowsPowerShell v1 0 D  Program Files  x86  IDM Computer Solutions UltraEdit

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I found this solution after days   Firstly  which Python version you want to install   If you want for Python 2 7 version   STEP 1      scipy-0 19 0-cp27-cp27m-win32 whl      scipy-0 19 0-cp27-cp27m-win amd64 whl      numpy-1 11 3 mkl-cp27-cp27m-win32 whl      numpy-1 11 3 mkl-cp27-cp27m-win amd64 whl   If you want for Python 3 4 version      scipy-0 19 0-cp34-cp34m-win32 whl      scipy-0 19 0-cp34-cp34m-win amd64 whl      numpy-1 11 3 mkl-cp34-cp34m-win32 whl      numpy-1 11 3 mkl-cp34-cp34m-win amd64 whl   If you want for Python 3 5 version      scipy-0 19 0-cp35-cp35m-win32 whl      scipy-0 19 0-cp35-cp35m-win amd64 whl      numpy-1 11 3 mkl-cp35-cp35m-win32 whl   numpy-1 11 3 mkl-cp35-cp35m-win amd64 whl  If you want for Python 3 6 version      scipy-0 19 0-cp36-cp36m-win32 whl      scipy-0 19 0-cp36-cp36m-win amd64 whl      numpy-1 11 3 mkl-cp36-cp36m-win32 whl      numpy-1 11 3 mkl-cp36-cp36m-win amd64 whl   Link  click  Once finishing installation  go to your directory   For example  my directory   cd C  Users asus AppData Local Programs Python Python35 Scripts gt  pip install  where is your downloaded scipy whl     STEP 2      NumPy   MKL   From same web site based on the Python version again   After that use same thing again in the script folder   cd C  Users asus AppData Local Programs Python Python35 Scripts gt   pip3 install  where is your downloaded numpy whl     And test it in the Python folder   Python35 gt python Python 3 5 2  v3 5 2 4def2a2901a5  Jun 25 2016  22 18 55   MSC v 1900 64 bit  AMD64   on win32 Type  help    copyright    credits  or  license  for more information   gt  gt  gt  import scipy

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Try to install Python 2 6 3 over your 2 6 2  this should also add correct Registry entry   or to register your existing installation using this script  Installer should work after that   Building SciPy requires a Fortran compiler and libraries - BLAS and LAPACK

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Okey  here I am going to share what I have done to install SciPy on my Windows PC without the command line      My PC configuration is Windows 7 64-bit and Python 2 7    First  I download the required packages form  http   www lfd uci edu  gohlke pythonlibs   which version match your configuration EX  cp27   python2 7  amp  cp35   3 5  Second  I extract the file using 7-Zip  also can be used any zipper like WinRAR  Third I copy the scipy folder which I extracted and paste it into C  Python27 Lib site-packages  or put it where the exact location is in your PC like       Lib site-packages       NOTE  You have to install NumPy first before installing SciPy in this same way

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Unofficial 64-bit installers for NumPy and SciPy are available at http   www lfd uci edu  gohlke pythonlibs   Make sure that you download  amp  install the packages  aka  wheels  that match your CPython version and bitness  ie  cp35   Python v3 5  win amd64   x86 64    You ll want to install NumPy first   From a CMD prompt with administrator privileges for a system-wide  aka  Program Files  install   C   gt pip install numpy- lt version gt  mkl-cp lt ver-spec gt -cp lt ver-spec gt m- lt cpu-build gt  whl   Or include the --user flag to install to the current user s application folder  Typically  APPDATA  Python on Windows  from a non-admin CMD prompt   C   gt pip install --user numpy- lt version gt  mkl-cp lt ver-spec gt -cp lt ver-spec gt m- lt cpu-build gt  whl   Then do the same for SciPy   C   gt pip install  --user  scipy- lt version gt -cp lt ver-spec gt -cp lt ver-spec gt m- lt cpu-build gt  whl   Don t forget to replace  lt version gt    lt ver-spec gt   and  lt cpu-build gt  appropriately if you copy  amp  paste any of these examples   And also that you must use the numpy  amp  scipy packages from the ifd uci edu link above  or else you will get errors if you try to mix  amp  match incompatible packages -- uninstall any conflicting packages first  ie  pip list

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I haven t tried it  but you may want to download this version of Portable Python  It comes with Scipy-0 7 0b1 running on Python 2 5 4

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I was getting this same error on a 32-bit machine   I fixed it by registering my Python installation  using the script at   http   effbot org zone python-register htm   It s possible that the script would also make the 64-bit superpack installers work

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As the transcript for SciPy told you  SciPy isn t really supposed to work on Win64   Warning  Windows 64 bits support is experimental  and only available for testing  You are advised not to use it for production    So I would suggest to install the 32-bit version of Python  and stop attempting to build SciPy yourself  If you still want to try anyway  you first need to compile BLAS and LAPACK  as PiotrLegnica says  See the transcript for the places where it was looking for compiled versions of these libraries

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I have a 32-bit Python 3 5 on a 64-bit Windows  8 1 machine  I just tried almost every way I can find on Stack  Overflow and no one works  Then on here I found it  It says   SciPy is software for mathematics  science  and engineering  Requires numpy mkl  Install numpy mkl before installing scipy   mkl matters   But nobody said anything about that before  Then I installed mkl  C  Users      Desktop a gt  pip install mkl service-1 1 2-cp35-cp35m-win32 whl Processing c  users      desktop a mkl service-1 1 2-cp35-cp35m-win32 whl Installing collected packages  mkl-service Successfully installed mkl-service-1 1 2  Then I installed SciPy  C  Users      Desktop a gt pip install scipy-0 18 1-cp35-cp35m-win32 whl Processing c  users      desktop a scipy-0 18 1-cp35-cp35m-win32 whl Installing collected packages  scipy Successfully installed scipy-0 18 1  It worked  yeah    A tip  You can just google  quot whl file name whl quot  to know where to download it     Update  After all these steps you will find that you still can not use SciPy in Python  3  If you print  quot import scipy quot  you will find there are error messages  but don t worry  there is only one more thing to do  Here       just comment out that line  simple and useful  from numpy  distributor init import NUMPY MKL  I promise that it is the last thing to do     PS  Before all these steps  you better install NumPy first  That s very simple using this command  pip install numpy

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WinPython is an open-source distribution that has 64-bit NumPy and SciPy

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Okay a lot has been said  but just in case nothing of the previous answers work  you can try  https   www scipy org install html According to them   For most users  especially on Windows  the easiest way to install the packages of the SciPy stack is to download one of these Python distributions  which include all the key packages   Anacond  A free distribution for the SciPy stack  Supports Linux  Windows and Mac  Enthought Canopy  The free and commercial versions include the core SciPy stack packages  Supports Linux  Windows and Mac  Python x y  A free distribution including the SciPy stack  based around the Spyder IDE  Windows only  WinPython  A free distribution including the SciPy stack  Windows only  Pyzo  A free distribution based on Anaconda and the IEP interactive development environment  Supports Linux  Windows and Mac    Still for me  Anaconda did solve this problem  Do remember to check the bit  32 64 bit  version before downloading and re-adjust your compiler to the Python implementation installed with the Python distribution you are installing

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It is terrible to install such Python data science packages independently on Windows  Try Anaconda  one installer  400 more Python packages  py2  amp  py3 support   Anaconda really helps me a lot

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Short answer  Windows 64 bit support is still work in progress at this time  The superpack will certainly not work on a 64-bits Python  but it should work fine on a 32 bits Python  even on Windows 64 bit    The main issue with Windows 64 bit is that building with mingw-w64 is not stable at this point  it may be our s  NumPy developers  fault  Python s fault or mingw-w64  Most likely a combination of all those     So you have to use proprietary compilers  anything other than the Microsoft compiler crashes NumPy randomly  for the Fortran compiler  ifort is the one to use  As of today  both NumPy and SciPy source code can be compiled with Visual nbsp Studio nbsp 2008 and ifort  all tests passing   but building it is still quite a pain  and not well supported by the NumPy build infrastructure

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For completeness   Enthought has a Python distribution which includes SciPy  however  it s not free   Caveat   I ve never used it   Update  This answer had been long forgotten until an upvote brought me back to it   At this time  I ll second endolith s suggestion of Anaconda  which is free

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You can either download a scientific Python distribution  One of the ones mentioned here  https   scipy org install html  Or pip install from a whl file here if the above is not an option for you   http   www lfd uci edu  gohlke pythonlibs  scipy

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Another alternative  http   www pythonxy com   Free and includes lots of stuff meant to work together smoothly   This person says      Did you try linux pythonxy     http   linux pythonxy com         It s 64 bit ready       Though I m not quite sure what that means   Update   This appears to be dead  I use Anaconda now  which has 32-bit or 64-bit installers

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Install a Python distribution  http   www python org download    Download and install the Anaconda Python distribution   Make the Anaconda Python distribution link to Python nbsp 3 3 if you want NumPy  SciPy or Matplotlib to work in Python nbsp 3 3  or just use it like that to have only Python nbsp 2 7 and older functionality   The blog post Anaconda Python Distribution Python 3 3 linking provides more detail about Anaconda

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