Numpy Installation Via Unzipping Into Site-packages

I am trying to install numpy in 32 bit Python2.7 in Win7. Believe that numpy is supposed to be in directory C:\Python2.7\Lib\site-packages? I unzipped the numpy file - it appears a

Solution 1:

Installing numpy on windows can be very difficult. Simply unzipping binaries won't work.

I would strongly recommend you do this via anaconda https://www.continuum.io/downloads

Which will set everything up for you.

Solution 2:

I see that you are trying to get numpy to work. Believe me when I say that I have tried a number of ways of doing so and failed.

I suggest you to use Winpython, Anaconda or similar packages. They come with almost all the modules like numpy, seaborn, pandas, matplotlib etc. preinstalled.

Download link for Winpython is this : Download WinPython.

Download link for Anaconda is this : Download Anaconda.

Solution 3:

Use 'pip'. Just open command line in windows and type "pip install numpy". It will automatically download and install numpy in proper way. If you did not add the path of 'pip' just add C:\Python27\Scripts link to your PATH. If you don't know how to do it just type following in your command line (cmd):

set PATH=%PATH%;C:\Python27\Scripts

pip install numpy