[Matplotlib-users] can't install matplotlib on CentOS

[Riccardo R. <ric...@gm...>]

Hi all,

I'm running CentOS 5.9 and I would like to install the latest version of
matplotlib (or at least 1.2). The version of python I would like to use is
2.6 and it's invokable only with `python26`, not just `python`.
Now, I downloaded the tarball and installed the required packages
separately from their respective tarball, but I can't build (let alone
install) matplotlib:

In short, it says:

*/usr/share/python2.6/CXX/cxxsupport.cxx:40:38: error:
Src/Python2/cxxsupport.cxx: No such file or directory*
The full output is here: http://pastebin.com/7mVKZ6P5

I installed pycxx manually and it appears as *pycxx: yes [Using system CXX
(version unknown, no pkg-config info)]*

Any idea on how I can fix this?

Thanks!

Riccardo