Re: [Matplotlib-users] Symbol not found

[Benjamin R. <ben...@ou...>]

Sorry, it isn't a developer wiki (numpy and scipy have that...).  But here
are the requirements to make sure that they are installed.

http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/users/installing.html#build-requirements

Ben Root

On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 3:31 PM, Ranjit Chacko <rjc...@gm...> wrote:

> Hi Ben,
>
> Thanks for the tips. How do I check the TrueType fonts? Googling matplotlib
> developer wiki doesn't turn up anything. There isn't anything in the
> ~/.matplotlib directory. I just went ahead and recompiled numpy and
> matplotlib, and got the same error.
>
> -Ranjit
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 12:59 PM, Benjamin Root <ben...@ou...> wrote:
>
>> Ranjit,
>>
>> There are a couple of possibilities.  The first is that the TrueType fonts
>> packages weren't detected during the build, so matplotlib compiled without
>> it, leading to your issue.  I have also seen an issue where your
>> ~/.matplotlib/ needs to be cleaned out of font-related files.  Another
>> possibility has to do with building both numpy and matplotlib.  I have found
>> that if I update the numpy source code and rebuild it, then I have to
>> rebuild matplotlib. Now that you managed to get a complete build.  I would
>> go back and completely eliminate the build directories of matplotlib (and
>> numpy, if you have it), and rebuild.  Build numpy first if you have that
>> from source, and then build matplotlib.
>>
>> So, first double-check your TrueType Font packages and see if you comply
>> with the dependencies listed on the developer wiki.  If so, then check your
>> .matplotlib directory for any fontCache files and remove it.  Lastly, do a
>> complete clean and rebuild of matplotlib (the cleaning part is very
>> important).
>>
>> I hope that helps,
>> Ben Root
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 11:56 AM, Ranjit Chacko <rjc...@gm...>wrote:
>>
>>> I finally somehow managed to get matplotlib to compile but now when I try
>>> to import matplotlib.pyplot I get the following error:
>>>
>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
>>> AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'pyplot'
>>> >>> from matplotlib import pyplot as plot
>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
>>>   File
>>> "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages/matplotlib/pyplot.py",
>>> line 6, in <module>
>>>     from matplotlib.figure import Figure, figaspect
>>>   File
>>> "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages/matplotlib/figure.py",
>>> line 18, in <module>
>>>     from axes import Axes, SubplotBase, subplot_class_factory
>>>   File
>>> "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages/matplotlib/axes.py",
>>> line 12, in <module>
>>>     import matplotlib.axis as maxis
>>>   File
>>> "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages/matplotlib/axis.py",
>>> line 10, in <module>
>>>     import matplotlib.font_manager as font_manager
>>>   File
>>> "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages/matplotlib/font_manager.py",
>>> line 52, in <module>
>>>     from matplotlib import ft2font
>>> ImportError:
>>> dlopen(/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages/matplotlib/ft2font.so,
>>> 2): Symbol not found: _FT_Attach_File
>>>   Referenced from:
>>> /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages/matplotlib/ft2font.so
>>>   Expected in: dynamic lookup
>>>
>>> What is going wrong here?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> -Ranjit
>>>
>>>
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