Re: [Matplotlib-users] Installing the debian package

[Tim L. <ti...@cs...>]

On Wed, 07 Sep 2005, John Hunter <jdh...@ac...> wrote...

> >>>>> "Tim" == Tim Leslie <ti...@cs...> writes:
> 
>     Noel> Is the debian package for matplotlib broken??  I found the
>     Noel> following error when trying to install the debian package
>     Noel> for matplotlib as per the instructions at the bottom of
>     Noel> http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/installing.html.
>     >>  What debian variant are you using.  If by chance ubuntu, I
>     >> could point you to my own repository which usually has the
>     >> latest mpl from CVS.
> 
>     Tim> I'd be quite interested in being pointed at these
>     Tim> repositories please John.
> 
> A word of warning.  These quick and dirty packages and they don't do
> all the right things (like gpg authentication) and aren't "debian
> compliant" (sorry too little time).  However, I have used them on a
> number of ubuntu hoary systems (including a custom livecd with all the
> scientific python goodies) and haven't had any trouble.

Thanks for that, it worked just fine on a standard breezy install. How 
closely does your repo track CVS? If I see an email saying "fixed in cvs", 
how long should I expect it to take for a new package to be available? Not 
that it particularly matters, I'm just curious.

Cheers,

Timl

> 
> Included below is my sources.list (universe + multiverse + my repo).  
> 
> > sudo apt-get update
> > sudo apt-get install python-matplotlib-jdh
> 
> I have other packages in there too: scipy CVS (scipy-jdh), ipython CVS
> (ipython-jdh) and so on.
> 
> JDH
> 
> # /etc/apt/sources.list
> #deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 5.04 _Hoary Hedgehog_ - Release i386 (20050407)]/ hoary main restricted
> 
> 
> deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary main restricted
> deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary main restricted
> 
> ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
> ## distribution.
> deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary-updates main restricted
> deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary-updates main restricted
> 
> ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'universe'
> ## repository.
> ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
> ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
> ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
> ## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
> ## team.
> deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary universe
> deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary universe
> 
> deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary-security main restricted
> deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary-security main restricted
> 
> deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary-security universe
> deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary-security universe
> 
> deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary multiverse
> deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary multiverse
> 
> ## Backports
> deb http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net/ hoary-backports main universe multiverse restricted
> deb http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net/ hoary-extras main universe multiverse restricted
> 
> #deb file:///home/jdhunter/debs binary/
> 
> deb http://peds-pc311.bsd.uchicago.edu binary/
> 
> 
> 
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