No-frill version: * Clone bento:: $ git clone git://github.com/cournape/Bento.git bento * Bootstrap bento:: $ cd bento && python bootstrap.py * Clone Waf:: $ git clone https://code.google.com/p/waf/ $ git checkout waf-1.7.13 # waf breaks API regularly, this version works * Set the WAFDIR environment variable to the base dir of the waf repo you just created (in your bash_login for example if you're going to build with Bento often). This is unfortunately needed, Waf is not installable like a regular Python package:: $ export WAFDIR=ROOT_OF_WAF_REPO # WAFDIR should be such as $WAFDIR/waflib exists * Build scipy with Bento:: $ BENTO_ROOT/bentomaker build -j 4 # 4 threads in parallel # or with progress bar $ BENTO_ROOT/bentomaker build -p # or with verbose output $ BENTO_ROOT/bentomaker build -v