{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/numpy/numpy/issues/5465","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/numpy/numpy/issues/5465/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/numpy/numpy/issues/5465/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/numpy/numpy/issues/5465/events","html_url":"https://github.com/numpy/numpy/issues/5465","id":54749667,"number":5465,"title":"Use a compiled numpy without installing it","user":{"login":"pitrou","id":1721820,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1721820?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/pitrou","html_url":"https://github.com/pitrou","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pitrou/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pitrou/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pitrou/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pitrou/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pitrou/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pitrou/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pitrou/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pitrou/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pitrou/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":5,"created_at":"2015-01-19T10:51:45Z","updated_at":"2015-01-19T14:29:54Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Currently there is no way to use a development Numpy without installing it, which makes interactive use and testing a pain:\r\n\r\n```\r\n$ python\r\nPython 3.4.2 |Continuum Analytics, Inc.| (default, Oct 21 2014, 17:40:08) \r\n[GCC 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-1)] on linux\r\nType \"help\", \"copyright\", \"credits\" or \"license\" for more information.\r\n>>> import numpy as np\r\nTraceback (most recent call last):\r\n  File \"/home/antoine/np/numpy/__init__.py\", line 155, in <module>\r\n    from numpy.__config__ import show as show_config\r\nImportError: No module named 'numpy.__config__'\r\n\r\nDuring handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:\r\n\r\nTraceback (most recent call last):\r\n  File \"<stdin>\", line 1, in <module>\r\n  File \"/home/antoine/np/numpy/__init__.py\", line 160, in <module>\r\n    raise ImportError(msg)\r\nImportError: Error importing numpy: you should not try to import numpy from\r\n        its source directory; please exit the numpy source tree, and relaunch\r\n        your python interpreter from there.\r\n```\r\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/numpy/numpy/issues/comments/70500534","html_url":"https://github.com/numpy/numpy/issues/5465#issuecomment-70500534","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/numpy/numpy/issues/5465","id":70500534,"user":{"login":"pv","id":35046,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/35046?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/pv","html_url":"https://github.com/pv","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pv/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pv/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pv/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pv/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pv/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pv/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pv/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pv/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pv/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-01-19T14:29:54Z","updated_at":"2015-01-19T14:29:54Z","body":"Also `python3.4 setupegg.py develop --user` also works for me.\n`python3.4 setup.py develop --user` doesn't, but I get a different error\nmessage (due to setup.py not using setuptools, not from missing\nnumpy.distutils)..."}}