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diff --git a/academic/scipy3/README b/academic/scipy3/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..195c073545 --- /dev/null +++ b/academic/scipy3/README @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +SciPy (pronounced "Sigh Pie") is open-source software for mathematics, +science, and engineering. + +The SciPy library is built to work with NumPy arrays, and provides many +user-friendly and efficient numerical routines such as routines for +numerical integration and optimization. Together, they run on all popular +operating systems, are quick to install, and are free of charge. NumPy +and SciPy are easy to use, but powerful enough to be depended upon by +some of the world's leading scientists and engineers. + +matplotlib and ipython are nice to have in connection with scipy, but scipy +does not depend on them. + +Since ver. 0.14.0 scipy uses SuperLU instead of UMFPACK for solving unsymmetric +sparse linear systems. If you want to use UMFPACK you must install it in advance +of numpy and build numpy accordingly (see the README to numpy's SlackBuild). +Moreover, after installing scipy, you have to install scikit-umfpack, which +presently is not available on SlackBuilds.org. + +If you need to build scipy for debugging, set DEBUG=y. + +NOTE: If you use this SlackBuild scipy will run with the python 3 version + installed on your system. If you'd like to use python 2.7.xx as + provided by Slackware Linux then you have to install scipy. |