[Matplotlib-users] Index Out of Range Error after Installation on RHEL5

[Dharhas P. <Dha...@tw...>]

Hi,

I have Python 2.6 installed on RHEL5 (and Numpy 1.4.1) and am trying to install matplotlib. Installation occurs without any error messages although I do get a bunch of warnings at the end. 

/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libtk8.4.so when searching for -ltk8.4
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libtcl8.4.so when searching for -ltcl8.4
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libfreetype.so when searching for -lfreetype
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libz.so when searching for -lz
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libz.a when searching for -lz
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libm.so when searching for -lm
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libm.a when searching for -lm
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libm.so when searching for -lm
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libm.a when searching for -lm
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libpthread.so when searching for -lpthread
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libpthread.a when searching for -lpthread
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libc.so when searching for -lc
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libc.a when searching for -lc

When I try using matplotlib I get the following error:

Python 2.6.5 (r265:79063, May 18 2010, 11:20:57) 
[GCC 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-48)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
>>> plt.plot([1,0],[2,3])
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/home/swdata/.virtualenvs/web/lib/python2.6/site-packages/matplotlib/pyplot.py", line 2141, in plot
    ret = ax.plot(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/swdata/.virtualenvs/web/lib/python2.6/site-packages/matplotlib/axes.py", line 3437, in plot
    self.autoscale_view(scalex=scalex, scaley=scaley)
  File "/home/swdata/.virtualenvs/web/lib/python2.6/site-packages/matplotlib/axes.py", line 1624, in autoscale_view
    XL = self.xaxis.get_major_locator().view_limits(x0, x1)
  File "/home/swdata/.virtualenvs/web/lib/python2.6/site-packages/matplotlib/ticker.py", line 1014, in view_limits
    return np.take(self.bin_boundaries(dmin, dmax), [0,-1])
  File "/home/swdata/.virtualenvs/web/lib/python2.6/site-packages/numpy/core/fromnumeric.py", line 103, in take
    return take(indices, axis, out, mode)
IndexError: index out of range for array


Any help would be appreciated. I've tried several versions of matplotlib. I also was able to get it installed on a different RHEL5 machine a while back and am not sure what is different about this machine.

thanks

- dharhas