[pymvpa] Error on build step on CentOS

[Rico V]

i am trying to build and install PyMVPA locally ON CEnOS.  I installed 
the dependent pythong components (numpy, scipy, etc.). I get the 
following errors:

make build
/bin/sh: git: command not found
python setup.py config --noisy
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "setup.py", line 12, in ?
     from numpy.distutils.core import setup, Extension
ImportError: No module named numpy.distutils.core
make: *** [build-stamp] Error 1

python setup.py build_ext
running build_ext
running build_src
build_src
building extension "mvpa2.clfs.libsmlrc.smlrc" sources
building extension "mvpa2.clfs.libsvmc._svmc" sources
swig++: mvpa2/clfs/libsvmc/svmc.i
swig -python -I/$HOMElib/python2.7/site-packages/numpy/core/include 
-I3rd/libsvm -c++ 
-I/$HOME/lib/python2.7/site-packages/numpy/core/include -I3rd/libsvm -o 
build/src.linux-x86_64-2.7/mvpa2/clfs/libsvmc/svmc_wrap.cpp -outdir 
build/src.linux-x86_64-2.7/mvpa2/clfs/libsvmc mvpa2/clfs/libsvmc/svmc.i
swig: error while loading shared libraries: libpcre.so.1: cannot open 
shared object file: No such file or directory
error: command 'swig' failed with exit status 127

I'm at a loss on how to fix it.  If I start up Python2.7 i can import 
numpy.disutils.core

any help?
Thank you for your time