Problems on installing cvxopt
Question: I am trying to install cvxopt on windows, I use a 2.7 Python Enthought
distribution. I followed the instructions here,

<http://abel.ee.ucla.edu/cvxopt/install/>

The error I run into is the follows,

**./liblapack.a: could not read symbols: Archive has no index; run ranlib to
add o ne collect2: ld returned 1 exit status error: command 'gcc' failed with
exit status**

Please help me, I am pretty lost. Thanks a lot.


Answer: The best way to get this running is by installing a pre-compiled binary.

First, download the [MLK build of numpy for
windows](http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#numpy). Then, download the
[installer for cvxopt](http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#cvxopt) and
run it. It is very important you pick the build that corresponds to your
version of Python.

The builds I linked are for the standard Python for Windows. They should work
with Enthought's distribution as well.

