No module named mkl

[Vinh]

Hello everyone

 (I asked this question once on anaconda mailing list, but not sure if it is should be posted here)

1. I registered an academic account on acaconda.org, download the License file and put it to ~./continuum

2. I did:

conda update conda

conda install mkl

and the output is:

The following packages will be downloaded:

    package                    |            build

    ---------------------------|-----------------

    mkl-11.3.3                 |                0       101.4 MB

The following NEW packages will be INSTALLED:

    mkl: 11.3.3-0

Proceed ([y]/n)? y

Fetching packages ...

mkl-11.3.3-0.t 100% |###################################################################################| Time: 0:00:12   8.26 MB/s

Extracting packages ...

[      COMPLETE      ]|######################################################################################################| 100%

Linking packages ...

[      COMPLETE      ]|######################################################################################################| 100%

3. However, when I did:

python

import mkl

It reports that "no module named mkl"

What did I do wrong?

Thank you very much

[Edison Gustavo Muenz]

In this context, mkl is a conda package, not a python module.

You can read more about mkl here: https://software.intel.com/en-us/intel-mkl

From the webpage:

Intel® Math Kernel Library (Intel® MKL) accelerates math processing routines that increase application performance and reduce development time.

If you want to use mkl directly you should code in C/C++/Fortran. It is used by numpy/scipy because it provides a BLAS implementation which is specially optimized for Intel processors.
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Regards,
Edison Gustavo Muenz

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