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I am faced with an apparent time consuming problem or something else when I try to install scipy with pip for python3.6 on my RPi2 model B. OS is Raspbian minimal (jessie).

I am using a RPi2, and I successfully managed to follow the suggested procedure to install python3.6. But as pointed out by a commenter, I ran into problems with ssl when I tried to install packages with pip.

I learned from another thread on different subject that I need to install ssl before I compile.

sudo apt-get install libssl-dev
wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.6.0/Python-3.6.0.tgz
tar xzvf Python-3.6.0.tgz
cd Python-3.6.0/
./configure
make
sudo make install
python3.6 -V
python3.6 -m pip install --upgrade pip
python3.6 -m pip install --user numpy 
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

I first ran into an error while installing scipy, but got past that with the sugested libatlas-base-dev gfortan requirement.

sudo apt-get install libatlas-base-dev gfortran

python3.6 -m pip install --user scipy

the installation of scipy with pip takes a very long time (hours) and I am looking for a solution. I'll get back to this. the rest of the installation is now put on hold.

python3.6 -m pip install --user matplotlib

python3.6 -m pip install --user ipython

python3.6 -m pip install --user jupyter

python3.6 -m pip install --user pandas

python3.6 -m pip install --user sympy

python3.6 -m pip install --user nose

The upside of having to compile python3.6 a second time was a much faster compile the second time. On the other hand it takes a long time to install numpy, and that is why i split up the package installation. But it takes such a long time to install scipy that I am thinking there is another problem.

After hours of waiting for scipy to install, the green light on my PI has a constant green light (no blinking). I tried to open up another tty, but I can't log in there. So i got back to the tty with the installation script and hit ctrl+c to exit. I rebooted and I'm giving it another try.

But after waiting for another 7 hours I have the same situation. The constant green light on my PI, and no respons on tty2. I ctrl+c to exit.

vardaasen
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I had the install also failing once with a constantly lit green LED. Then I noticed a quite warm cooling bridge in my Pi-top and I've cooled it with my fingers and suddenly the compile process went faster. I can't tell the total time but the green LED is now regularly blinking. I noticed that the RPi slows down quickly when the CPU is over 50...60 deg C. I will buy an USB fan to produce an airstream or maybe place the case vertically to increase convection cooling.

Isaac2k1
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