Re: [Matplotlib-users] python3 and matplotlib installation problem

[elmar w. <el...@ne...>]

Am 28.07.2012 21:46, schrieb Christoph Gohlke:
> On 7/28/2012 12:29 PM, elmar werling wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> just installed matplotlib by doing
>>
>> git clone https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib
>> cd matplotlib
>> python3 setup.py build
>> sudo python3 setup.py install
>>
>> When I import matplotlib.pyplot I get the following error message.
>>
>> Any help is wellcome
>> Elmar
>>
>>
>>
>> Python 3.2.1 (default, Jul 18 2011, 16:24:40) [GCC] on linux2
>> Type "copyright", "credits" or "license()" for more information.
>>    >>> import numpy
>>    >>> import matplotlib
>>    >>> numpy.__version__
>> '1.6.2'
>>    >>> matplotlib.__version__
>> '1.2.x'
>>    >>> import matplotlib.pyplot
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>      File "<pyshell#4>", line 1, in <module>
>>        import matplotlib.pyplot
>>      File "/usr/local/lib/python3.2/site-packages/matplotlib/pyplot.py",
>> line 26, in <module>
>>        from matplotlib.figure import Figure, figaspect
>>      File "/usr/local/lib/python3.2/site-packages/matplotlib/figure.py",
>> line 19, in <module>
>>        from .axes import Axes, SubplotBase, subplot_class_factory
>>      File "/usr/local/lib/python3.2/site-packages/matplotlib/axes.py",
>> line 21, in <module>
>>        import matplotlib.dates as mdates
>>      File "/usr/local/lib/python3.2/site-packages/matplotlib/dates.py",
>> line 122, in <module>
>>        from dateutil.rrule import rrule, MO, TU, WE, TH, FR, SA, SU, YEARLY, \
>>      File "/usr/local/lib/python3.2/site-packages/dateutil/rrule.py", line 55
>>        raise ValueError, "Can't create weekday with n == 0"
>>                        ^
>> SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>>    >>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> Install python-dateutil 2.1 <http://labix.org/python-dateutil/>. Do not
> use not dateutil 1.5 or the version included with matplotlib.
>
> See also <https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/issues/983>
>
> Christoph
>
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thank you,

will test it tommorow, first i have to install setuptools