I am trying to install the scikits.nufft package here I download the zip file, unpack and cd to the directory. It contains a setup.py file so I run
python setup.py install
but it gives me the following error related to my PYTHONPATH
sudo python setup.py install
sudo: unable to resolve host Lenovo
/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/distribute-0.6.31-py2.7.egg/setuptools/command/install_scripts.py:3: UserWarning: Module dap was already imported from None, but /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages is being added to sys.pathfrom pkg_resources import Distribution, PathMetadata, ensure_directory
running install
Checking .pth file support in /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/
/usr/bin/python -E -c pass
TEST FAILED: /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ does NOT support .pth files
error: bad install directory or PYTHONPATHYou are attempting to install a package to a directory that is not
on PYTHONPATH and which Python does not read ".pth" files from. The
installation directory you specified (via --install-dir, --prefix, or
the distutils default setting) was:/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/and your PYTHONPATH environment variable currently contains:''Here are some of your options for correcting the problem:* You can choose a different installation directory, i.e., one that ison PYTHONPATH or supports .pth files* You can add the installation directory to the PYTHONPATH environmentvariable. (It must then also be on PYTHONPATH whenever you runPython and want to use the package(s) you are installing.)* You can set up the installation directory to support ".pth" files byusing one of the approaches described here:http://packages.python.org/distribute/easy_install.html#custom-installation-locationsPlease make the appropriate changes for your system and try again.
It seems to think the path is empty but when I check my path I get,
echo $PYTHONPATH
/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages:/home/david/PYTHON
Does anyone know why it might think the path is empty?? or have any other ideas as to what may be wrong here. Thanks, Dave