Re: [Matplotlib-users] [matplotlib-devel] 1.4.3 does not build on Ubuntu 14 with python3

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I have opened a Pull request (
https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/pull/4305) to improve the error
message and avoid the comparison between a string and version number.

ons. 1. apr. 2015 kl. 18.05 skrev Christian Ambros <am...@ym...>:

> Hi,
>
> I installed the libfreetype6-dev package and than re-started the upgrade
> process with sudo pip3 install matplotlib --upgrade, which took a while but
> finally was successful.
> It seems to be all right now.
>
> Thanks for the hint with freetype. That helped a lot.
> cheers,
> Christian
>
> --
> "A little learning never caused anyone's head to explode!"
>
>
> "Ein wenig Lernen hat noch niemandens Kopf zum Explodieren gebracht!"
>
>
>
>   On Wednesday, April 1, 2015 4:52 PM, Benjamin Root <ben...@ou...>
> wrote:
>
>
> Yeah, that mirrors what others have stated. The common thread seems to be
> that all of these users were comfortable with doing "sudo pip install
> <somepkg>" (myself included). I was in a rush when I originally encountered
> issues back in the summer on my 12.04 machine, so I just switched to
> miniconda and didn't figure out what was wrong on my system.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 12:27 PM, Christian Ambros <am...@ym...>
> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> as you can see: 14.3.1 which is the latest, because before I started
> upgrading, I read about possible issues here and upgraded the setuptools as
> conclusion.
>
> Python 3.4.0 (default, Apr 11 2014, 13:05:11)
> [GCC 4.8.2] on linux
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
> >>> import setuptools
> >>> print(setuptools.__version__)
> 14.3.1
> >>> exit()
>
> cheers,
> Christian
> --
> "A little learning never caused anyone's head to explode!"
>
>
> "Ein wenig Lernen hat noch niemandens Kopf zum Explodieren gebracht!"
>
>
>
>   On Wednesday, April 1, 2015 1:25 PM, Jens Nielsen <
> jen...@gm...> wrote:
>
>
> I think we have seen this issue before and it seems to be caused by an out
> of date version of setuptools. I tried reproducing it on fresh ubuntu 14.04
> machine but was not able to reproduce the issue. Do you know which version
> of setuptools you are using?
>
> Jens
>
> ons. 1. apr. 2015 kl. 14.19 skrev Thomas Caswell <tca...@gm...>:
>
> Make sure you have `freetype-dev` installed at the system level.
>
> Tom
>
> On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 8:02 AM Christian Ambros <am...@ym...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm facing the same trouble with installing matplotlib 1.4.3 and 1.5.dev1.
> running
>
>     python3 setup.py build
>
> in the unarchived directory gives this:
> ============================================================
> ================
> Edit setup.cfg to change the build options
>
> BUILDING MATPLOTLIB
>             matplotlib: yes [1.5.dev1]
>                 python: yes [3.4.0 (default, Apr 11 2014, 13:05:11)  [GCC
>                         4.8.2]]
>               platform: yes [linux]
>
> REQUIRED DEPENDENCIES AND EXTENSIONS
>                  numpy: yes [version 1.9.2]
>                    six: yes [using six version 1.5.2]
>               dateutil: yes [using dateutil version 2.0]
>                   pytz: yes [using pytz version 2012c]
>                tornado: yes [using tornado version 3.1.1]
>              pyparsing: yes [using pyparsing version 2.0.1]
>                 libagg: yes [Requires patches that have not been merged
>                         upstream. Using local copy.]
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "setup.py", line 153, in <module>
>     result = package.check()
>   File "/home/ambrosc/Downloads/matplotlib-master/setupext.py", line 900,
> in check
>     min_version='2.3', version=version)
>   File "/home/ambrosc/Downloads/matplotlib-master/setupext.py", line 446,
> in _check_for_pkg_config
>     if (not is_min_version(version, min_version)):
>   File "/home/ambrosc/Downloads/matplotlib-master/setupext.py", line 173,
> in is_min_version
>     return found_version >= expected_version
>   File "/usr/lib/python3.4/distutils/version.py", line 76, in __ge__
>     c = self._cmp(other)
>   File "/usr/lib/python3.4/distutils/version.py", line 343, in _cmp
>     if self.version < other.version:
> TypeError: unorderable types: str() < int()
>
> I'm running Linux Mint 17 "Quina" which is based on Ubuntu's trusty
> packges.
>
> pip3 is up to date. Running
>     print(setuptools.__file__)
>
> gives: /usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/setuptools/__init__.py
> which is as expected.
>
> Using pip3 install matplotlib --upgrade #even to 1.4.3
> get's me this:
>
>
> Collecting matplotlib from https://pypi.python.org/
> packages/source/m/matplotlib/matplotlib-1.4.3.tar.gz#md5=
> 86af2e3e3c61849ac7576a6f5ca44267
>   Downloading matplotlib-1.4.3.tar.gz (50.4MB)
>     100% |################################| 50.4MB 8.0kB/s
>     Traceback (most recent call last):
>       File "<string>", line 20, in <module>
>       File "/tmp/pip-build-sezmzam8/matplotlib/setup.py", line 155, in
> <module>
>         result = package.check()
>       File "/tmp/pip-build-sezmzam8/matplotlib/setupext.py", line 961, in
> check
>         min_version='2.3', version=version)
>       File "/tmp/pip-build-sezmzam8/matplotlib/setupext.py", line 445, in
> _check_for_pkg_config
>         if (not is_min_version(version, min_version)):
>       File "/tmp/pip-build-sezmzam8/matplotlib/setupext.py", line 173, in
> is_min_version
>         return found_version >= expected_version
>       File "/usr/lib/python3.4/distutils/version.py", line 76, in __ge__
>         c = self._cmp(other)
>       File "/usr/lib/python3.4/distutils/version.py", line 343, in _cmp
>         if self.version < other.version:
>     TypeError: unorderable types: str() < int()
>     ============================================================
> ================
>     Edit setup.cfg to change the build options
>     BUILDING MATPLOTLIB
>                 matplotlib: yes [1.4.3]
>                     python: yes [3.4.0 (default, Apr 11 2014, 13:05:11)
> [GCC
>                             4.8.2]]
>                   platform: yes [linux]
>     REQUIRED DEPENDENCIES AND EXTENSIONS
>                      numpy: yes [version 1.9.2]
>                        six: yes [using six version 1.5.2]
>                   dateutil: yes [using dateutil version 2.0]
>                       pytz: yes [using pytz version 2012c]
>                    tornado: yes [using tornado version 3.1.1]
>                  pyparsing: yes [using pyparsing version 2.0.1]
>                      pycxx: yes [Official versions of PyCXX are not
> compatible
>                             with matplotlib on Python 3.x, since they lack
>                             support for the buffer object.  Using local
> copy]
>                     libagg: yes [Requires patches that have not been merged
>                             upstream. Using local copy.]
>     Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
>     Traceback (most recent call last):
>
>       File "<string>", line 20, in <module>
>
>       File "/tmp/pip-build-sezmzam8/matplotlib/setup.py", line 155, in
> <module>
>
>         result = package.check()
>
>       File "/tmp/pip-build-sezmzam8/matplotlib/setupext.py", line 961, in
> check
>
>         min_version='2.3', version=version)
>
>       File "/tmp/pip-build-sezmzam8/matplotlib/setupext.py", line 445, in
> _check_for_pkg_config
>
>         if (not is_min_version(version, min_version)):
>
>       File "/tmp/pip-build-sezmzam8/matplotlib/setupext.py", line 173, in
> is_min_version
>
>         return found_version >= expected_version
>
>       File "/usr/lib/python3.4/distutils/version.py", line 76, in __ge__
>
>         c = self._cmp(other)
>
>       File "/usr/lib/python3.4/distutils/version.py", line 343, in _cmp
>
>         if self.version < other.version:
>
>     TypeError: unorderable types: str() < int()
>
>     ============================================================
> ================
>
>     Edit setup.cfg to change the build options
>
>
>
>     BUILDING MATPLOTLIB
>
>                 matplotlib: yes [1.4.3]
>
>                     python: yes [3.4.0 (default, Apr 11 2014, 13:05:11)
> [GCC
>
>                             4.8.2]]
>
>                   platform: yes [linux]
>
>
>
>     REQUIRED DEPENDENCIES AND EXTENSIONS
>
>                      numpy: yes [version 1.9.2]
>
>                        six: yes [using six version 1.5.2]
>
>                   dateutil: yes [using dateutil version 2.0]
>
>                       pytz: yes [using pytz version 2012c]
>
>                    tornado: yes [using tornado version 3.1.1]
>
>                  pyparsing: yes [using pyparsing version 2.0.1]
>
>                      pycxx: yes [Official versions of PyCXX are not
> compatible
>
>                             with matplotlib on Python 3.x, since they lack
>
>                             support for the buffer object.  Using local
> copy]
>
>                     libagg: yes [Requires patches that have not been merged
>
>                             upstream. Using local copy.]
>
>     ----------------------------------------
>     Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in
> /tmp/pip-build-sezmzam8/matplotlib
> Which leads to the same error!
>
> running python2.7 setup.py egg_info doesn't fail but since I have to use
> 3.4.x ant pyqt5.4.x there is no way to use something else than matplotlib
> 1.4.3/1.5dev1 because auf the qt5agg backend.
>
> Any hints on how to get along?
>
> Christian
>
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