Re: [Matplotlib-users] Building a binary package of matplotlib for OS-X

[Charles M. <cm...@in...>]

	I got this same problem with bdist_mpkg.  You can just edit the plist
file to point to the right directory as Robert mentioned.  Replace
/usr/local/share with whatever you want.
	As a point of preference, I think the data should be installed in
"System/Libraray/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/" since
this is the install root of the rest of matplotlib.  Putting it in
/usr/local seems to me like you are putting your build "all over" the
place and losing the notion of the install-root.  I reiterate, this is
my opinion so take it fwiw.

- Charlie

Chris Barker wrote:
> Robert Kern wrote:
> 
>>> I guess that means that the data files are being installed outside of
>>> site-packages/matplotlib where would that be?
>>
>>
>>
>> Probably
>> /System/Libraray/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/share/...
> 
> 
> That's where they are put by the 2.3 package
> 
>> I always use the following setup.cfg when building matplotlib:
>>
>> [install]
>> install-data=/usr/local
>>
>> You can check where the package is placing the data files by looking
>> at
>> matplotlib-<etc>.mpkg/Contents/Packages/matplotlib-data-<etc>.pkg/Contents/Info.plist
>> under the IFPkgFlagDefaultLocation key. Note that this isn't quite the
>> same as the install-data. It is usually <install-data>/share/matplotlib.
>>
>> At my request, matplotlib now searches /usr/local/share/matplotlib by
>> default on OS X.
> 
> 
> The 2.4 package is putting it in:
> 
> /usr/local/share/share/matplotlib/
> 
> Note the double "share". I'm guessing that's the problem. I don't have
> the time to dig into this further right now, but if someone just knows
> how to fix it and can tell me, great!
> 
> -Chris
> 
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