[Matplotlib-users] freetypelib problem scipy superpack matplotlib

[Samuel M. S. <sm...@sa...>]

I needed to use some function from scipy. It appeared that the  
easiest way to install it was to use the scipy superpack
http://idisk.mac.com/fonnesbeck-Public/ScipySuperpack-PPC-10.4-py2.5.zip

After installing ipython --pylab exits with error on startup see below:
It appears to be a freetype problem.  I have the macports freetype in
/opt/local/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib
I added a symbolic link in /usr/local/lib to the /opt/local/lib and  
that fixed the problem
sudo ln -s /opt/local/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib /usr/local/lib/ 
libfreetype.6.dylib

Since I did not have this problem with the matplotlib on
http://pythonmac.org/packages/py25-fat/dmg/matplotlib-0.90.0-py2.5- 
macosx10.4-2007-02-20.dmg

I wonder why this occurred with scypy super pack? I assume there is a  
difference in how the two were built
where one could find the free typelib and the other couldn't


ipython --pylab
loaded rc file /Users/samuel/.matplotlib/matplotlibrc
matplotlib version 0.90.0
verbose.level helpful
interactive is False
units is False
platform is darwin
numerix numpy 1.0.3.dev3728
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/bin/ 
ipython", line 27, in <module>
     IPython.Shell.start().mainloop()
   File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/ 
python2.5/site-packages/IPython/Shell.py", line 1111, in start
     return shell(user_ns = user_ns)
   File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/ 
python2.5/site-packages/IPython/Shell.py", line 1028, in __init__
     shell_class=MatplotlibMTShell)
   File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/ 
python2.5/site-packages/IPython/Shell.py", line 767, in __init__
     on_kill=[self.wxexit])
   File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/ 
python2.5/site-packages/IPython/ipmaker.py", line 95, in make_IPython
     embedded=embedded,**kw)
   File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/ 
python2.5/site-packages/IPython/Shell.py", line 571, in __init__
     user_ns,b2 = self._matplotlib_config(name,user_ns)
   File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/ 
python2.5/site-packages/IPython/Shell.py", line 463, in  
_matplotlib_config
     from matplotlib import backends
   File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/ 
python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/backends/__init__.py", line 55, in  
<module>
     new_figure_manager, draw_if_interactive, show = pylab_setup()
   File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/ 
python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/backends/__init__.py", line 24, in  
pylab_setup
     globals(),locals(),[backend_name])
   File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/ 
python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/backends/backend_wxagg.py", line  
21, in <module>
     from matplotlib.figure import Figure
   File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/ 
python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/figure.py", line 7, in <module>
     from axes import Axes, Subplot, PolarSubplot, PolarAxes
   File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/ 
python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/axes.py", line 17, in <module>
     from axis import XAxis, YAxis
   File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/ 
python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/axis.py", line 25, in <module>
     from font_manager import FontProperties
   File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/ 
python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/font_manager.py", line 39, in  
<module>
     from matplotlib import ft2font
ImportError: dlopen(/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/ 
lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/ft2font.so, 2): Library not  
loaded: /usr/local/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib
   Referenced from: /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/ 
lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/ft2font.so
   Reason: image not found




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