Re: [Matplotlib-users] Matplotlib & BaseMap install on OS X

[Jeff W. <js...@fa...>]

Travis Brady wrote:

>Has anyone successfully installed and run matplotlib from the .dmg here:
> http://sda.iu.edu/projects.html ?
>I'm able to install just fine and I can import pylab and create a plot,
>but using "pylab.show()" crashes Python and returns "Segmentation Fault"
>and nothing else.
>
>
>Also has anyone successfully installed BaseMap on OS X?
>I've attempted to install the latest BaseMap package (I believe it's
>0.3.2) and receive the following error:
>error: could not create
>'/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/share/basemap-py23':
>Permission denied
>
>I'm running the stock Python 2.3 and Matplotlib 0.72.1 from the link
>above.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Travis Brady
>  
>
Travis:  Regarding the basemap install - you need admin privileges on 
your mac to install using "python setup.py install", so either run it as 
sudo, or if you don't have admin access try "python setup.py install 
--home=~" (this will install it in your home directory).  If you do the 
latter, you'll have to add ~/lib/python to your PYTHONPATH.


-Jeff

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