[Matplotlib-users] Error: ImportError: cannot import name Int8

[Alexander D. <Ale...@as...>]

Hi,

I want to use matplotlib, version 0.87.3, on my laptop (FC5) running
numpy1.0.1. I had the following settings in my matplotlibrc:

numerix:numpy

Then I installed matplotlib using:

python setup.py build
python setup.py install

which all seemed to work fine. But then, trying to import pylab, leads to
the following error:

  from pylab import *
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/pylab.py", line 1, in ?
    from matplotlib.pylab import *
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/matplotlib/pylab.py", line 196, in
?
    import cm
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/matplotlib/cm.py", line 5, in ?
    import colors
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/matplotlib/colors.py", line 33, in
?
    from numerix import array, arange, take, put, Float, Int, where, \
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/matplotlib/numerix/__init__.py",
line 68, in ?
    from _sp_imports import nx, infinity
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/matplotlib/numerix/_sp_imports.py",
line 1, in ?
    from numpy import Int8, UInt8, \
ImportError: cannot import name Int8


How to fix this problem?

Cheers
  Alex