title: Building NumPy 1.7.1 on Ubuntu
body: <p>I'm a newby in both Ubuntu and Python, so please bear with me. I need some functionality included in <strong>NumPy 1.7.1</strong>. My Ubuntu 12.04 LTE, however, comes with <strong>NumPy 1.6.x</strong>, and <em>sudo apt-get update</em> doesn't get it any higher.</p>
  
  <p>So I went to sourceforge and followed the instructions given <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/numpy/files/NumPy/1.7.0/" rel="noreferrer">here</a> in <strong>userguide.pdf</strong>. I have made up to:</p>
  
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    <p>python setup.py build --fcompiler=gnu95</p>
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  <p>, i.e. I have (from what it seems like, successfully) built NumPy 1.7.1. The question is: what do I do now? Should I move some directories somewhere, if yes, where? The <em>userguide.pdf</em> just stops here and doesn't give any more information.</p>
  
  <p>This is the first time, I'm ever trying this, so please be kind ;-). </p>