Re: [Matplotlib-users] failure with python setup.py build

[Pete <sne...@gm...>]

See my previous posts, subject "Matplotlib in cygwin". I attached a patch in
that thread that solves this problem for me, but it looks like I have other
more serious problems with cygwin on my machine.
Please let us know if you get it to work.

2008/10/20 Terrence Brannon <met...@gm...>

> Hello, I would like to know what I can do to fix this problem.
>
>
> Administrator@LIFEBOOK /cygdrive/c/downloads/matplotlib-0.98.3 : python
> setup.py build
>
> ============================================================================
> BUILDING MATPLOTLIB
>            matplotlib: 0.98.3
>                python: 2.5.2 Stackless 3.1b3 060516 (release25-maint, Oct
>                        1 2008, 19:33:07)  [GCC 3.4.4 (cygming special, gdc
>                        0.12, using dmd 0.125)]
>              platform: cygwin
>
> REQUIRED DEPENDENCIES
>                 numpy: 1.2.0
>             freetype2: 9.18.3
>
> OPTIONAL BACKEND DEPENDENCIES
>                libpng: 1.2.12
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "setup.py", line 125, in <module>
>    if check_for_tk() or (options['build_tkagg'] is True):
>  File "/cygdrive/c/downloads/matplotlib-0.98.3/setupext.py", line 841,
> in check_for_tk
>    explanation = add_tk_flags(module)
>  File "/cygdrive/c/downloads/matplotlib-0.98.3/setupext.py", line 1084,
> in add_tk_flags
>    result = parse_tcl_config(tcl_lib_dir, tk_lib_dir)
>  File "/cygdrive/c/downloads/matplotlib-0.98.3/setupext.py", line 946,
> in parse_tcl_config
>    tk_lib = tk_vars.get("default", "TK_LIB_SPEC")[1:-1].split()[0][2:]
> IndexError: list index out of range
> Administrator@LIFEBOOK /cygdrive/c/downloads/matplotlib-0.98.3 :
>
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