Re: [Matplotlib-users] Problems installing Matplotlib under SUSE SLES 11 SP1

[Filipe P. A. F. <oc...@gm...>]

On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 14:48, Filipe Pires Alvarenga Fernandes
<oc...@gm...> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 14:34, John Hunter <jd...@gm...> wrote:
>> On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 1:31 PM, Filipe Pires Alvarenga Fernandes
>> <oc...@gm...> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> On SUSE you have "zypper"
>>>
>>> I'm not familiar with SUSE repos, but OpenSUSE repos do have
>>> matplotlib, just type:
>>>
>>> "sudo zypper in python-matplolib"
>>>
>>> that should install it for you.
>>
>> And if you want to build mpl from src, eg to track current
>> development, is there a way in opensuse to automatically install all
>> the build dependencies for python-matplotlib?
>>
>
> Yes, all you have to do is write a script that install all the
> depencies with "sudo zypper in ...". To get a list of the dependencies
> in "OpenSUSE names" you can check this spec file and install
> everything flagged as "BuildRequires":
>
> https://build.opensuse.org/package/view_file?file=python-matplotlib.spec&package=python-matplotlib&project=home%3Aocefpaf&srcmd5=c5a84278ace03073116b104df3e303e3
>
> However, I recommend non-developer to use a packaged version. I
> maintain a weekly git checkout of matplotlib for OpenSUSE in my home
> repo here:
> http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/ocefpaf/openSUSE_11.4/
> (for 11.4)
> http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/ocefpaf/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/
> (for Tumbleweed)
>
> and here is a list with all the packages in those repos if some is interested:
> https://build.opensuse.org/project/packages?project=home%3Aocefpaf
> https://build.opensuse.org/project/packages?project=home%3Aocefpaf%3AETS
>
> -Filipe.
>


Just found this script that emulates the apt build dep:

http://lilypond.org/~janneke/software/suse/zypper-build-dep

-Filipe