Re: [Matplotlib-users] installing matplotlib

[Michael H. <mh...@us...>]

I can't using gcc, but I can using g++, which is installed.  I guess 
I'll just set the CXX variable to the path for g++.

I don't know enough about gcc to understand why the two aren't linked 
together...

Thanks for the help,

Mike
Michael Droettboom wrote:
> Michael Hearne wrote:
>> Two questions:
>> 1) I'm trying to upgrade an installation of matplotlib I have on a 
>> RHEL5 system.  When trying:
>>
>> /usr/local/bin/python setup.py build
>>
>> I get the error message:
>> "gcc: src/ft2font.cpp: C++ compiler not installed on this system
>> error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1"
>>
>> I do in fact have a C++ compiler on the system, in the form of g++.  
>> Is there a place where I can configure the C++ compiler to use?
>>   
> distutils will use the CXX environment variable if it is set.  Though 
> you should be able to compile C++ with gcc as well, if the C++ backend 
> is installed -- that's why the error message is surprising to me if 
> you're certain you have g++ installed.  Can you compile a simple C++ 
> file with gcc directly from the commandline?
>
> Cheers,
> Mike
>