title: Installing packages in Python 2.7.9
body: <p>I'm brushing up on my Python and have recently installed ver. 2.7.9 on my Win7 64-bit PC. I tried installing a couple of packages (numpy 1.9.1 and scipy 0.15.1) but I get errors through the process. I ran:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&gt; python setup.py install
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  <p>from the folder of each package and although the setup script ran, neither of the packages got installed. I got the following errors:</p>
  
  <pre><code>numpy: Unable to find vsvarsall.bat
  scipy: No module named numpy.distutils.core (???)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Note that I haven't tampered with the packages files at all, which I extracted from the .tar files available in the Python Package Index database. I'd appreciate any help on this matter.</p>