Re: [matplotlib-devel] python 3 fork?

[Michael D. <md...@st...>]

2to3 is run on the source files in lib/matplotlib, which are then put 
under the build directory.  Think of it like a compilation step -- the 
original source files should never be touched.  You will need to install 
matplotlib (I recommend using virtualenv for this) in order to run it.

Mike

On 05/30/2012 10:30 PM, Tom Lippman wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I've gotten it somewhat working.  For some reason the build process 
> isn't pointing 2to3 at the files in lib/matplotlib.  But it's 
> definitely running 2to3 on something..
>
> Like the linked solution, I changed setupext.py to look for the 
> dependencies in /usr/local.  I also made a new makefile and setupeggs 
> which are changed in obvious ways.  The changes are on my github 
> (tmlippman).
>
> Rather than copy folders manually, I ran make twice:
>
>         sudo make -f make.py3.osx PREFIX=/usr/local fetch deps
>
>         sudo make -f make.py3.osx 
> PREFIX=/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.2 mpl_build 
> mpl_install_develop
>
> (outputs attached)
>
> Everything appeared to compile fine, but when I tried to import 
> matplotlib, I got errors like:  ImportError: No module named cPickle.
>
> After running 2to3 on the lib/matplotlib directory (in my source 
> location) everything works.
>
>
> Tom
>
>
>
>
> On May 30, 2012, at 2:40 PM, Michael Droettboom wrote:
>
> > On 05/30/2012 03:32 PM, Thomas Kluyver wrote:
> >> On 30 May 2012 20:05, Tom Lippman<tom...@gm...>  wrote:
> >>> I'm on OS X 10.7, using the python 3.2
> >> I saw someone recently who'd managed to get it built for Python 3 on
> >> OS X. I suggested he come here to help simplify the process - this is
> >> what he did: http://stackoverflow.com/a/10574470/434217
> >>
> >> Thomas
> >>
> > It would be great to convert that post in a pull request so it can be
> > included upstream.  I'm not a Mac user myself, but I think there's
> > enough Mac users to test that and push it through to make things easier
> > on everyone else.
> >
> > Mike
> >
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