Re: [matplotlib-devel] How to decouple non-GUI stuff from the GUI?

[John H. <jd...@gm...>]

On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 4:11 PM, Kynn Jones <ky...@gm...> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 6:33 PM, Benjamin Root <ben...@ou...> wrote:
>
>> As an additional note, if you are having difficulty compiling for MacOS X,
>> why not just ask for help with that?
>
> Just to keep from ranting like a lunatic, basically.  The experience was
> traumatic enough to shake my faith in Python altogether, and made me miss
> good ol' CPAN.
> To summarize 2-3 day's worth of frustration:

Yes, installing these GUIs on OSX is a mess, particularly GTK.  I only
recommend it for the very brave and foolish.  If you use the enthought
python distribution for OSX, you should get a working tkagg, qt4agg,
wxagg and macosx (I think)

http://www.enthought.com/products/epd.php

JDH