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Diffstat (limited to 'numpy/distutils/misc_util.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | numpy/distutils/misc_util.py | 13 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/numpy/distutils/misc_util.py b/numpy/distutils/misc_util.py index 68d5bdfe9..53b2ba56b 100644 --- a/numpy/distutils/misc_util.py +++ b/numpy/distutils/misc_util.py @@ -2365,13 +2365,12 @@ def generate_config_py(target): NumPy BLAS/LAPACK Installation Notes ------------------------------------ Installing a numpy wheel (e.g. ``pip install numpy``) includes - an embedded OpenBLAS library on every platform that has a wheel - available. (OpenBLAS implements the BLAS and LAPACK linear - algebra APIs.) In this case, ``show_config()`` reports - ``library_dirs = ['/usr/local/lib']`` per the build time - configuration even if there's no libblas in that directory at - run time. The embedded OpenBLAS is a static link library - compiled with gcc/gfortran. + an OpenBLAS implementation of the BLAS and LAPACK linear algebra + APIs. In this case, ``library_dirs`` reports the build time + configuration; the OpenBLAS library is actually in + ``site-packages/numpy.libs/`` or + ``site-packages/numpy/.dylibs/`` and it's compiled with + gcc/gfortran. Installing numpy from source (e.g. ``pip install numpy --no-binary numpy``) looks for BLAS and |