error of install numpy on linux red hat

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I am trying to install numpy from http://www.scipy.org/Download . by `git clone git://github.com/numpy/numpy.git numpy` But, when I ran `python setup.py install` I got: `SystemError: Cannot compile 'Python.h'. Perhaps you need to install python-dev|python-devel` Where to get python-dev ? I tried: ``` $ easy_install python-devel Searching for python-devel Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/python-devel/ Couldn't find index page for 'python-devel' (maybe misspelled?) Scanning index of all packages (this may take a while) Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/ No local packages or download links found for python-devel error: Could not find suitable distribution for Requirement.parse('python-devel') ``` and ``` $ easy_install python-dev Searching for python-dev Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/python-dev/ Couldn't find index page for 'python-dev' (maybe misspelled?) Scanning index of all packages (this may take a while) Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/ No local packages or d…

Accepted Answer

If you are in Ubuntu(e.g. Ubuntu 12.04), it is very easy,

```
sudo apt-get install python-numpy
```

or you can compile from source through pip(I think on RedHat almost the same):

```
sudo apt-get install python-dev  
sudo apt-get install python-pip  
pip install numpy
```

error of install numpy on linux red hat

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