Build Numpy on the Linux machine (just numpy, leave the rest for now):
python setup.py build -j 1 install --prefix $HOME/.local >build.log 2>build.err
and copied the resulting outputfiles to workstation to examine.
Brett has corrected the login on CTRL-C so I can login again; rolled back the backup file he placed there, and copied that as well to find out what he created. His environment is Python 3.5 – not 2.7 – but that should not be a problem – some changes will be needed anyway. Checked this against what my own build on Linux made of it: pretty much the same (this is Python 2.5 – but the build procedure did not complain)
What goes on behind the doors of the (private) data center