Re: [Matplotlib-users] installing matplotlib on ubuntu

[Ryan K. <rya...@gm...>]

You might get all the development packages you will ever need in one
step if you install gnome-devel  - but it is a huge package with a lot
of dependencies that could take a while to install.   But it might
keep you from hunting for individual packages needed by mpl backends.

Ryan

On 10/27/05, Ryan Krauss <rya...@gm...> wrote:
> You will also need the packages tk8.4 and tk8.4-dev for the Tk backend
> (your version numbers might be slightly less if you are on Hoary).
>
> Ryan
>
> On 10/27/05, Christian Meesters <mee...@un...> wrote:
> > Hi Ryan,
> >
> > Thanks, but I too run into problems:
> > Doing python setup.py build is fine until:
> > <snip>
> > src/_na_backend_gdk.c:12:25: error: pygtk/pygtk.h: No such file or
> > directory
> > src/_na_backend_gdk.c: In function 'pixbuf_get_pixels_array':
> > src/_na_backend_gdk.c:31: error: 'PyGObject' undeclared (first use in
> > this function)
> > src/_na_backend_gdk.c:31: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reporte=
d
> > only once
> > src/_na_backend_gdk.c:31: error: for each function it appears in.)
> > src/_na_backend_gdk.c:31: error: 'py_pixbuf' undeclared (first use in
> > this function)
> > src/_na_backend_gdk.c:32: error: 'GdkPixbuf' undeclared (first use in
> > this function)
> > src/_na_backend_gdk.c:32: error: 'gdk_pixbuf' undeclared (first use in
> > this function)
> > src/_na_backend_gdk.c:40: warning: implicit declaration of function
> > 'GDK_PIXBUF'
> > src/_na_backend_gdk.c:46: warning: implicit declaration of function
> > 'gdk_pixbuf_get_height'
> > src/_na_backend_gdk.c:47: warning: implicit declaration of function
> > 'gdk_pixbuf_get_width'
> > src/_na_backend_gdk.c:48: warning: implicit declaration of function
> > 'gdk_pixbuf_get_has_alpha'
> > src/_na_backend_gdk.c:52: warning: implicit declaration of function
> > 'gdk_pixbuf_get_pixels'
> > src/_na_backend_gdk.c:52: warning: cast to pointer from integer of
> > different size
> > src/_na_backend_gdk.c:56: warning: implicit declaration of function
> > 'gdk_pixbuf_get_rowstride'
> > src/_na_backend_gdk.c: In function 'init_na_backend_gdk':
> > src/_na_backend_gdk.c:84: warning: implicit declaration of function
> > 'init_pygtk'
> > error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1
> >
> > Apparently the autodetection fails. Then I disabled all backends (excep=
t
> > for Agg, WX, WXAgg, which I want to use) and next time I tried setup.py
> > build:
> >
> > WXAgg's accelerator requires `wx-config'.
> >
> > The `wx-config' executable could not be located in any directory of the
> > PATH
> > environment variable.  If it is in some other location or has some othe=
r
> > name,
> > set the WX_CONFIG environment variable to the full path of the
> > executable.
> >
> > Sounds familiar, doesn't it? ;-)
> >
> > Now, I tried to read on and in the end I am - frankly - completely
> > confused. Since I can't compile (I tried some other tweaks) ... is
> > somebody able to compile installation instructions? It appears that the
> > part on matplotlib's web page isn't up to date (how to build, the issue
> > with the debian's package, possibly other problems yet not seen by me?)=
.
> > I would be willing to test everything shown to me and summarize this.
> > (Alas, I don't know how to build packages myself yet and I fear I won't
> > have the time to do anything quickly.)
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Christian
> >
> >
> >
> >
>