Re: [Matplotlib-users] Problem with GTK backends after compiling matplotlib

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

On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 6:35 PM, Craig Finch <cf...@ie...> wrote:

> I figured it out!  I accidentally did something weird.  When I built NumPy
> and SciPy, I used the --user option to tell distutils to build them in my
> home directory. I had not realized that --user installs the packages in
> ~/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/.  I was assuming they would be
> installed in ~/lib/python2.7/site-packages, but I didn't notice they were
> "missing" until just now.  When I reinstalled NumPy and Scipy using the
> option --prefix=/home/cfinch and then rebuilt matplotlib, everything started
> working.  I didn't have to rebuild pycairo or pygtk; I just had to get
> everything in the same location.  This is the first I've heard of installing
> anything in a .local directory...why is that even an option???
>
> Thanks for your help!
>
>
It is a standard directory in linux now.  Started by the freedesktop.org, I
think.  Personally, I prefer it over having ~/lib, ~/bin and such cluttering
my home directory.

http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html

Ben Root