[Matplotlib-users] Building Basemap code?

[Derek <gam...@gm...>]

Hi

I have trying to follow the instruction to build Basemap (as per
http://matplotlib.org/basemap/users/installing.html).  I am running Ubuntu
13.04, with Python 2.7.4.

I work through the guide, but when I try and execute the:
python setup.py install
inside the basemap directory, I get a very very long set of
messages/warnings, ending with:

collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
error: Command "x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc -pthread -shared -Wl,-O1
-Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -Wl,-z,relro
-fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes
-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -g -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat
-Werror=format-security build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/src/_geoslib.o -lgeos_c
-lgeos -o build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/_geoslib.so" failed with exit status 1

And the test of:
from mpl_toolkits.basemap import Basemap
fails.

How do I proceed from here?

Thanks
Derek