Hi Aurora1625,

Do you mean you got the error at the step with the command

Compile and install SciPy with the Intel Compilers: (On 64-bit platforms replace "intel" with "intelem")
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sodu $pythonsetup.pyconfig--compiler=intel--fcompiler=intelbuild_clib--compiler=intel--fcompiler=intelbuild_ext--compiler=intel--fcompiler=intelinstall

Best Regards,
Ying

Can you also find the Intel Fotran compiler in your PATH?

--Vipin

Hey I have the same issue:

I am trying to install Numpy/Scipy with the instructions given on this webpage: http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/numpyscipy-with-intel-mkl .

So the site.cfg file and the intel.py files have been modified according to the specifications given by the webpage.

I encounter the same issue on installing Numpy and Scipy:

When installing Numpy with the command given:

sudo python setup.py config --compiler=intelem build_clib --compiler=intelem build_ext --compiler=intelem install

the installation process seams to work well until this error shows up:

creating /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/numpy
error: could not create '/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/numpy': Permission denied

So I passed the command as a super user:

sudo python setup.py config --compiler=intelem build_clib --compiler=intelem build_ext --compiler=intelem install

but now there is another error:

compile options: '-Inumpy/core/src/private -Inumpy/core/src -Inumpy/core -Inumpy/core/src/npymath -Inumpy/core/src/multiarray -Inumpy/core/src/umath -Inumpy/core/include -I/usr/include/python2.7 -c'
icc: _configtest.c
sh: 1: icc: not found
sh: 1: icc: not found
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "setup.py", line 214, in
setup_package()
File "setup.py", line 207, in setup_package
configuration=configuration )
File "/home/pierre/Téléchargements/numpy-1.6.2/numpy/distutils/core.py", line 186, in setup
return old_setup(**new_attr)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/core.py", line 152, in setup
dist.run_commands()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 953, in run_commands
self.run_command(cmd)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 972, in run_command
cmd_obj.run()
File "/home/pierre/Téléchargements/numpy-1.6.2/numpy/distutils/command/build_clib.py", line 62, in run
self.run_command('build_src')
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/cmd.py", line 326, in run_command
self.distribution.run_command(command)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 972, in run_command
cmd_obj.run()
File "/home/pierre/Téléchargements/numpy-1.6.2/numpy/distutils/command/build_src.py", line 152, in run
self.build_sources()
File "/home/pierre/Téléchargements/numpy-1.6.2/numpy/distutils/command/build_src.py", line 163, in build_sources
self.build_library_sources(*libname_info)
File "/home/pierre/Téléchargements/numpy-1.6.2/numpy/distutils/command/build_src.py", line 298, in build_library_sources
sources = self.generate_sources(sources, (lib_name, build_info))
File "/home/pierre/Téléchargements/numpy-1.6.2/numpy/distutils/command/build_src.py", line 385, in generate_sources
source = func(extension, build_dir)
File "numpy/core/setup.py", line 696, in get_mathlib_info
raise RuntimeError("Broken toolchain: cannot link a simple C program")
RuntimeError: Broken toolchain: cannot link a simple C program

Note that this output indicates that icc cannot be found, but it is well installed on the computer and in the PATH environment variable and without the super user things seems to compile...

The same issue comes up with scipy, the files cannot be copied to /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ (I guess this is what the sciprt intend to do) because of denied permission.
But when I pass the install command in super user mode I get this error:

numpy.distutils.fcompiler.CompilerNotFound: intelem: f90 nor f77

Though icc and ifort is installed, and in use, because when I execute the install command as normal user I can see everything compiling!

It seems that everything is compiled and ready to use but when the installed script tries to copy the compiled files to the shared python modules in /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ it needs super user permission.
And apparently when running the command as super user the compilers can't be no longer found.

System decription:
HP Z800 workstation with Intel® Xeon(R) CPU X5675 @ 3.07GHz × 12
Running on Ubuntu 12.04
icc -> composer_xe_2011_sp1.10.319
ifort -> composer_xe_2011_sp1.9.293
MKL -> composer_xe_2011_sp1.11.339
Running the command ifort and icc show that they are indeed installed.

I am ready to give you any information you need about the system used if you need it!

Thank you for your help!
Regards,
Pierre

HI Pierre,

I saw you have shared some comments under the article

http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/numpyscipy-with-intel-mkl

is the problem resolved by yourself?

Best Regards,
Ying

On Xubuntu 12.10, this issue is solved by linking ifort and icc in /usr/bin. Apparently, as @Pierre noticed, these files can't be found by the root account when you do "sudo python setup.py config ..." since they're usually installed to /opt. But the root account does look at /usr/bin, so put the links there. 

As your sudo command opens a new shell, you would need to set the same compiler environment in that shell as in your user shell, in order to build normally.