[Matplotlib-users] seg fault installing

[Steve M. <smc...@gm...>]

I'm using pip but even without it when I run setup.py build or setup.py
install in the matplotlib directory I get a segfault early in the run. If I
trace it, the seg fault is shortly after numbers.pyc is loaded from numpy,
but even if I uninstall numpy I still get a segfault when I try to install
mapplotlib. Only matplotlib has this issue. Other packages can uninstall
and reinstall fine.

steve

# pip install matplotlib

Downloading/unpacking matplotlib

  Downloading matplotlib-1.4.0.tar.gz (51.2MB): 51.2MB downloaded

  Running setup.py (path:/tmp/pip_build_root/matplotlib/setup.py) egg_info
for package matplotlib

    Downloading
http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/d/distribute/distribute-0.6.28.tar.gz

    Extracting in /tmp/tmp6VPGqi

    Now working in /tmp/tmp6VPGqi/distribute-0.6.28

    Building a Distribute egg in /tmp/pip_build_root/matplotlib

    /tmp/pip_build_root/matplotlib/distribute-0.6.28-py2.7.egg

    Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:

    Downloading
http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/d/distribute/distribute-0.6.28.tar.gz

Extracting in /tmp/tmp6VPGqi

Now working in /tmp/tmp6VPGqi/distribute-0.6.28

Building a Distribute egg in /tmp/pip_build_root/matplotlib

/tmp/pip_build_root/matplotlib/distribute-0.6.28-py2.7.egg

----------------------------------------

Cleaning up...

Command python setup.py egg_info failed with error code -11 in
/tmp/pip_build_root/matplotlib

Storing debug log for failure in /root/.pip/pip.log


# tail -20 /root/.pip/pip.log


/tmp/pip_build_root/matplotlib/distribute-0.6.28-py2.7.egg


----------------------------------------

Cleaning up...

  Removing temporary dir /tmp/pip_build_root...

Command python setup.py egg_info failed with error code -11 in
/tmp/pip_build_root/matplotlib

Exception information:

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/basecommand.py", line
122, in main

    status = self.run(options, args)

  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/commands/install.py",
line 278, in run

    requirement_set.prepare_files(finder, force_root_egg_info=self.bundle,
bundle=self.bundle)

  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/req.py", line 1229, in
prepare_files

    req_to_install.run_egg_info()

  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/req.py", line 325, in
run_egg_info

    command_desc='python setup.py egg_info')

  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/util.py", line 697, in
call_subprocess

    % (command_desc, proc.returncode, cwd))

InstallationError: Command python setup.py egg_info failed with error code
-11 in /tmp/pip_build_root/matplotlib