PTVS 2015 Numpy Install
Question: I am attempting to use the dialog box to install numpy in a VS2015 Python 2.7
project like so:

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When I run it, I get the following message:

    
    
    You are using pip version 6.1.1, however version 8.0.2 is available.
    You should consider upgrading via the 'pip install --upgrade pip' command.
    C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pip-6.1.1-py2.7.egg\pip\_vendor\requests\packages\urllib3\util\ssl_.py:79: InsecurePlatformWarning: A true SSLContext object is not available. This prevents urllib3 from configuring SSL appropriately and may cause certain SSL connections to fail. For more information, see https://urllib3.readthedocs.org/en/latest/security.html#insecureplatformwarning.
      InsecurePlatformWarning
        Command "C:\Python27\python.exe -c "import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='c:\\users\\dixon\\appdata\\local\\temp\\pip-build-rmjkhk\\numpy\\setup.py';exec(compile(getattr(tokenize, 'open', open)(__file__).read().replace('\r\n', '\n'), __file__, 'exec'))" install --record c:\users\dixon\appdata\local\temp\pip-fxbttw-record\install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile" failed with error code 1 in c:\users\dixon\appdata\local\temp\pip-build-rmjkhk\numpy
    'numpy' failed to install. Exit code: 1
    

I am not sure why I would need a different SSL context? Do I need to install
another cert?


Answer: ~~`numpy` does not currently `pip install` on Windows for a huge range of
reasons, none of which PTVS can fix for you.~~

**Edit** : `numpy` recently uploaded wheels for Windows, so `pip install` will
work. However, you will need to be careful when installing other prebuilt
packages that depend on `numpy`, as there are strict compatibility constraints
that will not be enforced by pip. The general recommendation is _still_ to
install [Anaconda](http://continuum.io) instead of python.org Python if you
need _a full set of_ scientific packages.

The SSL warning probably indicates that you have Python 2.7.8 or earlier.
Later versions of 2.7 included improved (i.e. working) SSL support that helps
ensure your connections are not being hijacked.

