I'm installing a Python (2.7.8) environment locally in my home folder on a server, in order to use newer versions of Python and some of its libraries (Numpy, Theano) together with OpenBLAS. For this, I first installed Python in the folder usr in my home directory (/home/my_home/usr/) as described here:
https://mail.python.org/pipermail/tutor/2002-March/012903.html
The installation seems to have gone smoothly. I checked this by starting the Python interpreter, which displays the right version on startup.
Following this, I installed OpenBLAS into /home/my_home/opt folder as described here:
Compiling numpy with OpenBLAS integration
... which also didn't give me any errors. However, now when I try installing Numpy (according to the instructions in the above link), I get the following error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "setup.py", line 22, in <module>
import subprocess
File "/home/ext_sxc/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 427, in <module>
import select
ImportError: No module named select
I suppose the straightforward thing to do is to find the package for select, compile and install it. I'm not sure if this is the right thing to do because the last time I installed Python 2.7.6 locally in a home directory, there were no such errors. As I understand, the select module should have been installed along with Python.
This also happens when I try installing IPython in a similar way in my home folder. The library which gives the ImportError is different.
I'm wondering if these are related to a more general mistake I may have made while installing Python. I'd appreciate any advice on this issue. Please let me know if any additional information would help. Thanks!
