Re: [Fink-users] Trying to build numpy

[Scott H. <sha...@us...>]

On Sep 2, 2026, at 18:34, fi...@sn... wrote:
> 
> On 2026-09-01 14:01, Scott Hannahs via Fink-users wrote:
>> I seem to be stuck in a rut.  I have a python library that I want to
>> use that uses numpy.
>> However the TOML file requires some very specific versions of
>> software.  Should I try to patch the toml file to allow different
>> versions of setup tools?
>> Any other thoughts on trying to get that running?
>>> Running from numpy source directory.
>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>> File
>>> "/opt/sw/src/fink.build/numpy-py310-1.22.1-2/numpy-1.22.1/setup.py",
>>> line 84, in <module>
>>> raise RuntimeError(
>>> RuntimeError: Setuptools version is '82.0.0', version < '60.0.0' is
>>> required. See pyproject.toml
> 
> Unfortunately, that's a problem of the numpy world. It feels like they always expect it to be run in a sandboxed virtual) environment just for it. We have v1.22.1 and v1.24.4 is the last version to support py38. But 1.24.4 still has `setuptools==59.2.0` and also has cython < 3, while we have 3.2
> 
> Possibilities:
> 1) edit setup.py to remove the maxiumum version requirement for setuptools and hope it works
> 2) try to update to 1.24.4 and work around any cython incompatibilities
> 3) more drastic: recreate setuptools-tng-v59.6.0 for py38-py310, BUT stash it in a hidden directory and have python find is using PYTHONPATH
> 
> Hanspeter

Thanks for the pointers.  I will try updating to 1.24.4 and see if that helps.

-Scott