Re: [Matplotlib-users] Set MPLCONFIGDIR to something different

[Jeff W. <js...@fa...>]

stuartornum wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Im getting the error:
>
> <type 'exceptions.RuntimeError'>: Failed to create
> /$dirstring$/common/.matplotlib; consider setting MPLCONFIGDIR to a writable
> directory for matplotlib configuration data
>
> The problem is I do not have write access to the MatPlotLib module sourse,
> so I cannot change the MPLCONFIGDIR variable, where ever it is..!
>
> So my question is can I set MPLCONFIGDIR to say "/home/user/dirs/" in my
> script somewhere, so that I know the that directory has read/write access.
>
> Thank you for your time.
>
> Regards
>   
Stuart:  Why are you setting the MPLCONFIGDIR environment variable?  By 
default, the configuration file goes in $HOME/.matplotlib, which is 
usually just fine.   Typically $MPLCONFIGDIR is used to override this in 
special situations, for example when running matplotlib in a web 
application.

-Jeff

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