On 2014-05-07 13:15, [log in to unmask] wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Having installed the Python2.7 through the repository:
>
> yum-conf-softwarecollections
>
> as suggested in
>
> http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/scientific-linux/6.5/x86_64/external_products/softwarecollections/README
>
> I am then trying to install numpy, pip, scipy, matplotlib etc but they
> return with these errors:
>
> # /opt/rh/python27/root/usr/bin/easy_install-2.7 numpy
>

Possibly not related to your issues, but the recommended / expected
way to use the scl stuff is via `scl enable <thing> <command>`.
In your example:

    $ scl enable python27 easy_install numpy

or

    $ scl enable python27 bash
    $ easy_install pip
    $ pip install numpy scipy ...