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

[Thomas C. <tca...@gm...>]

Also see https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/issues/3889

On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 10:22 AM Benjamin Root <ben...@ou...> wrote:

> 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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