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

[Warren W. <war...@gm...>]

I meant to send this to the list, not just to Brent...

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From: Warren Weckesser <war...@gm...>
Date: Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 4:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Matplotlib-users] Set MPLCONFIGDIR to something different
To: Brent Pedersen <bpe...@gm...>


Hi,

On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 3:55 PM, Brent Pedersen <bpe...@gm...> wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 8:25 AM, stuartornum <st...@mu...> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Jeff,
> >
> > Sorry I should have explained more. I am running a web app also I
> currently
> > working for a very large organisation so the infrastructure is quite
> > different to your average home / signle server setup.
> >
> > Thank you.<https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users>
> >
>
> i think before importing matplotlib, you can do:
> os.environ['HOME'] = "/some/path"
>
>
I do that on my server, e.g. my python CGI scripts do
    os.environ['HOME'] = '/var/www/tmp'
before importing anything from matplotlib. Seems to work fine.
This is explained in a FAQ or doc or tutorial somewhere.

Warren