Re: ccplot built (was Re: python 2.7 instead of 2.6?)

[Peter K. <pet...@wa...>]

Hi Erik,

Erik Bryer wrote:
> Numpy had installed arrayobject.h here:
> /usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/numpy/core/include/numpy/.
> However, cctkmodule.c looks for arrayobject.h with:
> #include <numpy/arrayobject.h>
> 
> I noticed PyNIO was detected ok, and I thought maybe because it had a
> Nio.pth. So, I tried adding a .pth to add numpy to python's path. Python
> reported the new path (import sys;sys.path), but "build" still did not
> find arrayobject.h. I just changed the include statement to
> #include
> </usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/numpy/core/include/numpy/arrayobject.h>
> 
> and ccplot built ok. It seems to be running ok too.

On CentOS numpy does not install its header files in the standard
locations such as /usr/include or /usr/local/include as on e.g. Debian.

> Out of curiosity: We have ccplot installed on our server; we noticed the
> client's X-server needs to be running in order to run ccplot on the
> server, and we wondered why this is.

This is because matplotlib imports some Gtk-specific modules by default,
which expect an X server to be available.

> Thanks for the help,
> 
> Erik

I have fixed both of these issues in ccplot 1.43. Thank you reporting them.

Peter