[Matplotlib-users] basemap-0.9.8 failure, linux

[Evan M. <eva...@gm...>]

Hi all,

Just updated basemap from 0.9.4 to 0.9.8 on Mandriva Linux 2008.  I also
installed basemap-data-fullres-0.9.7.  I've noticed there's a couple of
recent posts about problems (on Macs) with 0.9.8, the solution being to
install setuptools until 0.9.9 comes along; the problem I have is similar to
the posts but not the same, so I'd like to check here before proceeding with
setuptools.

I installed the included geos-2.2.3, then basemap-0.9.8, then
basemap-data-fullres-0.9.7.  However when I now import basemap I get:

In [1]: from matplotlib.toolkits.basemap import Basemap
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
<type 'exceptions.ImportError'>           Traceback (most recent call last)

/home/emason/python/tools/<ipython console> in <module>()

/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/toolkits/basemap/__init__.py in
<module>()
----> 1 from basemap import __doc__, __version__
      2 from basemap import *

/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/toolkits/basemap/basemap.py in
<module>()
     29 from matplotlib.cbook import is_scalar, dedent
     30 from shapelib import ShapeFile
---> 31 import _geos, pupynere
     32
     33 # basemap data files now installed in
lib/matplotlib/toolkits/basemap/data

<type 'exceptions.ImportError'>: libgeos_c.so.1: cannot open shared object
file: No such file or directory

Yet the file, in fact a link, libgeos_c.so.1, does exist at the location
(/usr/local/lib) where it is supposed to be:

[root@msasa lib]# ll
total 44230
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 28107924 2007-12-28 16:31 libgeos.a
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   581806 2007-12-28 16:31 libgeos_c.a
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root      830 2007-12-28 16:31 libgeos_c.la*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       18 2007-12-28 16:31 libgeos_c.so ->
libgeos_c.so.1.1.1*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       18 2007-12-28 16:31 libgeos_c.so.1 ->
libgeos_c.so.1.1.1*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   452162 2007-12-28 16:31 libgeos_c.so.1.1.1*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root      790 2007-12-28 16:31 libgeos.la*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       16 2007-12-28 16:31 libgeos.so ->
libgeos.so.2.2.3*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       16 2007-12-28 16:31 libgeos.so.2 ->
libgeos.so.2.2.3*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 13443604 2007-12-28 16:31 libgeos.so.2.2.3*

I'd appreciate any help with this.

Thanks, Evan