[matplotlib-devel] Compiling setup.py for Matplotlib

[Charli S. <bug...@ho...>]

Hello everyone.  I'm having some trouble compiling setup.py for Matplotlib.  I'm trying to run it on Cygwin.

$ uname -a
CYGWIN_NT-5.1 name 1.5.25(0.156/4/2) 2008-06-12 19:34 i686 Cygwin
$ gcc --version
gcc (GCC) 3.4.4 (cygming special, gdc 0.12, using dmd 0.125)
Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

I have Python 2.5.2 installed, as well as libpng, freetype2, and zlib, although for some reason the compiler cannot determine the version.  I got Matplotlib from sourceforge.  Here is the output when I run the code:

$ python setup.py build
============================================================================
BUILDING MATPLOTLIB
            matplotlib: 0.98.5.2
                python: 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Dec 2 2008, 09:26:14) [GCC
                        3.4.4 (cygming special, gdc 0.12, using dmd 0.125)]
              platform: cygwin

REQUIRED DEPENDENCIES
                 numpy: 1.2.1
             freetype2: found, but unknown version (no pkg-config)

OPTIONAL BACKEND DEPENDENCIES
                libpng: found, but unknown version (no pkg-config)

Test
Traceback (most receent call last):
  File "setup.py", line 134, in <module>
    if check_for_tk() or (options['build_tkagg'] is True):
  File "/home/firstname lastname/matplotlib-0.98.5.2/setupext.py", line 782, in check
_for_tk
    explanation = add_tk_flags(module)
  File "/home/firstname lastname/matplotlib-0.98.5.2/setupext.py", line 1043, in add_
tk_flags
    result = parse_tcl_config(tcl_lib_dir, tk_lib_dir)
  File "/home/firstname lastname/matplotlib-0.98.5.2/setupext.py", line 900, in parse
_tcl_config
    tk_lib = tk_vars.get("default", "TK_LIB_SPEC")[1:-1].split()[0][2:]
IndexError: list index out of range


It seems as though the error is in line 900 of setupext.py, but I don't have quite enough programming knowledge to be certain.  Any help anyone could give me would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!










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