Re: [Matplotlib-users] installing matplotlib

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

I tried setting CXX=/usr/bin/g++ in my .bashrc, but I still get the same 
error.  Is there some file in the matplotlib distribution that I need to 
edit with this information?

--Mike

Michael Hearne wrote:
> 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
>>
>>     
>
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