Re: [matplotlib-devel] 1.4.3 does not build on Ubuntu 14 with python3

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

Please update your install of setuptools.

On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 10:01 AM, <kei...@bt...> wrote:

> kbriggs:~/Downloads/matplotlib-1.4.3> python3 setup.py build
> ============================================================================
> Edit setup.cfg to change the build options
>
> BUILDING MATPLOTLIB
>             matplotlib: yes [1.4.3]
>                 python: yes [3.4.0 (default, Apr 11 2014, 13:05:11)  [GCC
>                         4.8.2]]
>               platform: yes [linux]
>
> REQUIRED DEPENDENCIES AND EXTENSIONS
>                  numpy: yes [version 1.8.2]
>                    six: yes [using six version 1.5.2]
>               dateutil: yes [dateutil was not found. It is required for
> date
>                         axis support. pip/easy_install may attempt to
>                         install it after matplotlib.]
>                   pytz: yes [pytz was not found. pip will attempt to
> install
>                         it after matplotlib.]
>                tornado: yes [tornado was not found. It is required for the
>                         WebAgg backend. pip/easy_install may attempt to
>                         install it after matplotlib.]
>              pyparsing: yes [using pyparsing version 2.0.1]
>                  pycxx: yes [Official versions of PyCXX are not compatible
>                         with matplotlib on Python 3.x, since they lack
>                         support for the buffer object.  Using local copy]
>                 libagg: yes [pkg-config information for 'libagg' could not
>                         be found. Using local copy.] Traceback (most
> recent call last):
>   File "setup.py", line 155, in <module>
>     result = package.check()
>   File "/home/kbriggs/Downloads/matplotlib-1.4.3/setupext.py", line 961,
> in check
>     min_version='2.3', version=version)
>   File "/home/kbriggs/Downloads/matplotlib-1.4.3/setupext.py", line 445,
> in _check_for_pkg_config
>     if (not is_min_version(version, min_version)):
>   File "/home/kbriggs/Downloads/matplotlib-1.4.3/setupext.py", line 173,
> in is_min_version
>     return found_version >= expected_version
>   File "/usr/lib/python3.4/distutils/version.py", line 76, in __ge__
>     c = self._cmp(other)
>   File "/usr/lib/python3.4/distutils/version.py", line 343, in _cmp
>     if self.version < other.version:
> TypeError: unorderable types: str() < int()
>
>
>
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