Re: [Matplotlib-users] Where to put MPL/Basemap data files?

[Jeff W. <js...@fa...>]

Mauro Cavalcanti wrote:
> Dear Jeff,
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> Thanks for your fast reply. No problem with manually installing the
> Basemap data files -- indeed, this is just what I do intend in order
> to create a frozen application. But other than setting up the
> BASEMAPDATA environment variable, is there any way to tell an
> application to look for the data in a specific directory?
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No.

-Jeff
> Best regards,
>
> 2009/7/7 Jeff Whitaker <js...@fa...>:
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>> Mauro Cavalcanti wrote:
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>>> Dear Jeff & ALL,
>>>
>>> In trying to freeze my app using bb-freeze
>>> (http://pypi.python.org/pypi/bbfreeze/), I stumbled upon a problem:
>>> the app is correctly freezed, but it then looks for the Basemap
>>> datafiles and since cannot find them, fails to start (with a message
>>> complaining that the above mentioned files are missing). So, my
>>> question is: can Basemap data files be installed in a directory other
>>> than the default one? And if so, how to instruct a program to look for
>>> them in another location?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance for any assistance you can provide.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>> Mauro:  If you set the env var BASEMAPDATA, it will look for the basemap
>> data files there.  There is no way supported way to install the files in a
>> different directory using setup.py, so if you want them somewhere other than
>> the default location you'll have to install them there manually.
>>
>> -Jeff
>>
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