[Matplotlib-users] installing basemap on osx 10.6

[Anthony R. <ro...@an...>]

I had found it reasonably straightforward to install matplotlib on 10.6 (much harder on 10.7 but that's a story that somebody more versed than I should tell).  I was stumped by trying to install basemap because I took the easy way out with the Geos dependency and installed the latter via mac port;  this, however, does not give you the include directory.  So, I removed Geos from my mac port tree and installed it by hand (in /Users/Shared so that I can see it easily).  Then I had to use "sudo python setup.py install" so that the setup could access the python installation.  The first test worked just fine so I appear to be in good shape.  FYI, tony rollett.