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Preface: I am a Mac/Unix user and am now a little lost with Windows.

Situation: I am trying to use python on a school machine that has a 64-bit architecture and running Windows 7. I have gotten the module NetworkX to work via python setup.py install, but need the numerical libraries to be available as well.

Question: I have the identical output as this question elaborates and need to install numpy with correct dependencies. How do I do this with limited permissions?

Problems: The solution in the above link cannot be adopted in my case. I do not have Visual Studio 2008 and cannot install it due to permissions. Also, the linear algebra library that is required costs 500$, which frankly is a deal breaker. I thought I could adopt this SO solution, but I do not have access to Bash. I also cannot run .exe files due to permissions. All the modules I have installed have been using python setup.py install. Any help or suggestions are VERY much appreciated.

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Could you install one of the scientific python distributions like Anaconda or Canopy? That might include everything you need. See http://scipy.org/install.html for a list of options.

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  • Funny... I downloaded a .zip file of the Anaconda distribution of SciPy Stack. From this, I could run the .exe file after copying to my \C: drive. Not sure if Windows was duped by this sequence of events or I am missing something myself. Anyways, now I can use IPython and edit scripts using Notepad. Thank you, Aric! – Charlie Jun 30 '14 at 19:35