Malformed numpy about cntk-r HOT 5 OPEN

> py_config()
Error in py_run_string_impl(paste0("import sys; sys.path.append('", system.file("python",  :
  ImportError:
Importing the multiarray numpy extension module failed.  Most
likely you are trying to import a failed build of numpy.
If you're working with a numpy git repo, try `git clean -xdf` (removes all
files not under version control).  Otherwise reinstall numpy.


Detailed traceback:
  File "/home/alizaidi/.conda/envs/cntk-py35/lib/python3.5/site-packages/numpy/__init__.py", line 146, in <module>
    from . import add_newdocs
  File "/home/alizaidi/.conda/envs/cntk-py35/lib/python3.5/site-packages/numpy/add_newdocs.py", line 13, in <module>
    from numpy.lib import add_newdoc
  File "/home/alizaidi/.conda/envs/cntk-py35/lib/python3.5/site-packages/numpy/lib/__init__.py", line 8, in <module>
    from .type_check import *
  File "/home/alizaidi/.conda/envs/cntk-py35/lib/python3.5/site-packages/numpy/lib/type_check.py", line 11, in <module>
    import numpy.core.numeric as _nx
  File "/home/alizaidi/.conda/envs/cntk-py35/lib/python3.5/site-packages/numpy/core/__init__.p
> q()

(cntk-py35) alizaidi@azcntkr:~$ R

R version 3.3.3 (2017-03-06) -- "Another Canoe"
> library(reticulate)
> use_condaenv("cntk-py35")
> py_config()
python:         /home/alizaidi/.conda/envs/cntk-py35/bin/python
libpython:      /home/alizaidi/.conda/envs/cntk-py35/lib/libpython3.5m.so
pythonhome:     /home/alizaidi/.conda/envs/cntk-py35:/home/alizaidi/.conda/envs/cntk-py35
version:        3.5.3 |Anaconda 4.4.0 (64-bit)| (default, Mar  6 2017, 11:58:13)  [GCC 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-1)]
numpy:          /home/alizaidi/.conda/envs/cntk-py35/lib/python3.5/site-packages/numpy
numpy_version:  1.13.1

python versions found:
 /home/alizaidi/.conda/envs/cntk-py35/bin/python
 /usr/bin/python
 /usr/bin/python3
> reticulate::py_module_available("cntk")
[1] TRUE

> sessionInfo()
R version 3.3.3 (2017-03-06)
Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)
Running under: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS

locale:
 [1] LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8       LC_NUMERIC=C               LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8       
 [4] LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF-8     LC_MONETARY=en_US.UTF-8    LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8   
 [7] LC_PAPER=en_US.UTF-8       LC_NAME=C                  LC_ADDRESS=C              
[10] LC_TELEPHONE=C             LC_MEASUREMENT=en_US.UTF-8 LC_IDENTIFICATION=C       

attached base packages:
[1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base     

other attached packages:
[1] reticulate_1.1.0.9002 RevoUtilsMath_10.0.0  RevoUtils_10.0.3      RevoMods_11.0.0      
[5] MicrosoftML_1.3.0     RevoScaleR_9.1.0      lattice_0.20-34       rpart_4.1-10         

loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
 [1] Rcpp_0.12.12           codetools_0.2-15       CompatibilityAPI_1.1.0 foreach_1.4.3         
 [5] grid_3.3.3             R6_2.2.0               jsonlite_1.3           iterators_1.0.8       
 [9] tools_3.3.3            mrupdate_1.0.1  

> use_condaenv("cntk-py35")
Error: Unable to find conda binary. Is Anaconda installed?

> use_condaenv("cntk-py35", conda = "/home/adevries/.conda/envs/cntk-py35/bin/conda", required = TRUE)
> py_config()
python:         /usr/bin/python
libpython:      /usr/lib/python2.7/config-x86_64-linux-gnu/libpython2.7.so
pythonhome:     /usr:/usr
version:        2.7.12 (default, Nov 19 2016, 06:48:10)  [GCC 5.4.0 20160609]
numpy:           [NOT FOUND]

python versions found: 
 /usr/bin/python
 /usr/bin/python3