Cannot install Scipy

December 31, 2013 5.9k views
burstbreathz
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burstbreathz
Hi, I am currently unable to install Scipy in my virtualenv. I have tried building via pip, wheels (as per the stack overflow suggestion), and the default package manager, but none of them have worked. My error message is as follows: c++: internal compiler error: Killed (program cc1plus) error: Command "c++ -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O2 -Wall -fPIC -D__STDC_FORMAT_MACROS=1 -I/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/numpy/core/include -I/usr/include/python2.7 -c scipy/sparse/sparsetools/csr_wrap.cxx -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/scipy/sparse/sparsetools/csr_wrap.o" failed with exit status 4 I have the latest version of gcc as well as all of the scipy dependencies, so I am not sure what is causing this problem.
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travisirby January 4, 2014
I had the same problem, and I believe it's because the scipy install runs out of ram. I followed digitalocean's guide to adding a swap file and it worked afterwards:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-add-swap-on-ubuntu-12-04

I'd make the swap 1024 megs instead of 512 because I got close to running out.
How To Add Swap on Ubuntu 12.04
by Etel Sverdlov
Linux swaps allow a system to harness more memory than was originally physically available. Here's how to set up a linux swap file on Ubuntu 12.04
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moringa April 20, 2015

Yup, the article below (travisirby's answer) worked for me with the suggested 1024 megs of swap.

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