using miniconda for fresh numpy installation

Author: jakeret

.travis.yml

@@ -8,19 +8,24 @@ before_install:
   - sudo apt-get -qq install g++-4.8 gcc-4.8
   - sudo ln -sf /usr/bin/gcc-4.8 /usr/bin/gcc
   - sudo ln -sf /usr/bin/g++-4.8 /usr/bin/g++
+  - wget http://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/Miniconda-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh -O miniconda.sh
+  - chmod +x miniconda.sh
+  - ./miniconda.sh -b
+  - export PATH=/home/travis/miniconda/bin:$PATH
+  - conda update --yes conda
+  # The next couple lines fix a crash with multiprocessing on Travis and are not specific to using Miniconda
+  - sudo rm -rf /dev/shm
+  - sudo ln -s /run/shm /dev/shm
 
 python:
 - "3.4"
 - "3.3"
 - "2.7"
-# command to install dependencies, e.g. pip install -r requirements.txt --use-mirrors
-# Note: we only use coveralls with Travis, not tox. pip install coveralls doesn't work on Windows.
-# This setup makes it possible for:
-# 1. the tests to be run with tox on Windows
-# 2. Windows users to use the requirements files without running into installation problems.
+
 install:
-- pip install coveralls
-- pip install -r requirements.txt
+  - conda install --yes python=$TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION atlas numpy pip
+  - pip install coveralls
+  - pip install -r requirements.txt
 
 # command to run tests, e.g. python setup.py test
 script: coverage run --source hope setup.py test