Re: [Matplotlib-users] matplotlib and zope problem

[Asheesh L. <as...@as...>]

On Thu, 16 Nov 2006, Marek Szczypi=C5~Dski wrote:

> Error Type: RuntimeError
> Error Value: '/' is not a writable dir; you must set environment
> variable HOME to be a writable dir

Just before you import matplotlib or pylab, try this:

import os
os.environ['HOME'] =3D '/tmp/'

Does that help?

Also, BTW, the user running Zope should have a home directory that he can=
=20
write to.  Fix that in /etc/passwd and you should be okay (and not need=20
the above hack).

-- Asheesh.

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