Yup, got it working on 14.04 here. My guess is you're having issues setting up the scientific python stack. You might want to try the anaconda distribution (https://store.continuum.io/cshop/anaconda/) if you continue having problems, or follow the instructions from the scipy website on installing via apt-get (http://www.scipy.org/install.html). The apt-get install should pull in some binaries and header files that you won't get from pip. After installing from apt-get you can then run the setup.py file and things should go much more smoothly.

The only other apt-get package I remember pulling down was the hd5f headers: "sudo apt-get install libhdf5-dev"

Thank you. I think I found most of the set-up complete through apt-get before I noticed this post, but have installed anaconda anyway's to see how that goes. Seems to have everything firing as it should and was a much smoother install.