Re: [matplotlib-devel] when $HOME filesystem not writable

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

Which version of matplotlib are you using? I am fairly certain we fixed
this problem for Google App Engine, which also does not have writable home
directories.

Ben Root


On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 4:50 AM, <e.b...@ep...> wrote:

> Hello,
>
>   I run my code from a batch system, from where the $HOME-filesystem is not
> writable. In __init__.py in _get_home it finds ("~"), but then crashes
> because it doesn't have access to it. I tried to set XDG_CONFIG_HOME and
> MPLCONFIGDIR to circumvent this problem. But it still aborts. The only
> solution I have found so far is to hack the code and replace ("~") by my
> writable work-directory.
>
>   Is there any other way to tell it which directory to use - without having
> to touch the actual code?
>
> Thanks,
>          Elena
>
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