Re: [Matplotlib-users] Failing to install matplotlib with python 3

[Alan <ala...@gm...>]

Thank guys, it was an old pkg-config in my PATH. It's now sorted.

Alan

On 16 June 2016 at 20:10, Matthew Brett <mat...@gm...> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 9:07 AM, Alan <ala...@gm...> wrote:
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I am not the admin so I have installed my own python 3.5.1 and I am using
> > pip3 to install all modules I need. I got all but matplotlib :-(
> >
> > pip3 install -U matplotlib
> > Collecting matplotlib
> >   Using cached matplotlib-1.5.1.tar.gz
> >     Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
> >     Traceback (most recent call last):
> >       File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
> >       File "/tmp/pip-build-6eka4_fr/matplotlib/setup.py", line 167, in
> > <module>
> >         result = package.check()
> >       File "/tmp/pip-build-6eka4_fr/matplotlib/setupext.py", line 980, in
> > check
> >         min_version='1.2', version=version)
> >       File "/tmp/pip-build-6eka4_fr/matplotlib/setupext.py", line 459, in
> > _check_for_pkg_config
> >         if (not is_min_version(version, min_version)):
> >       File "/tmp/pip-build-6eka4_fr/matplotlib/setupext.py", line 179, in
> > is_min_version
> >         return found_version >= expected_version
> >       File "/sw/arch/Test2/lib/python3.5/distutils/version.py", line 70,
> in
> > __ge__
> >         c = self._cmp(other)
> >       File "/sw/arch/Test2/lib/python3.5/distutils/version.py", line
> 337, in
> > _cmp
> >         if self.version < other.version:
> >     TypeError: unorderable types: str() < int()
> >
> >
> ============================================================================
> >     Edit setup.cfg to change the build options
> >
> >     BUILDING MATPLOTLIB
> >                 matplotlib: yes [1.5.1]
> >                     python: yes [3.5.1 (default, Jun 16 2016, 11:03:02)
> > [GCC
> >                             4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-11)]]
> >                   platform: yes [linux]
> >
> >     REQUIRED DEPENDENCIES AND EXTENSIONS
> >                      numpy: yes [version 1.11.0]
> >                   dateutil: yes [using dateutil version 2.5.3]
> >                       pytz: yes [using pytz version 2016.4]
> >                     cycler: yes [using cycler version 0.10.0]
> >                    tornado: yes [using tornado version 4.3]
> >                  pyparsing: yes [using pyparsing version 2.1.5]
> >                     libagg: yes [pkg-config information for 'libagg'
> could
> > not
> >                             be found. Using local copy.]
> >                   freetype: yes [version unknown]
> >
> >     ----------------------------------------
> > Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in
> > /tmp/pip-build-6eka4_fr/matplotlib/
> >
> > What am I missing here please?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Alan
> >
> > PS. btw, with python 2.7.11 all went fine.
>
> By the way does this:
>
> python -m pip install --upgrade pip  # upgrade to latest pip
> pip install -f https://nipy.bic.berkeley.edu/manylinux -U matplotlib
>
> work for you to install matplotlib 1.5.1?
>
> Or this, to install 2.0 pre-release?
>
> python -m pip install --upgrade pip  # upgrade to latest pip
> pip install -f https://nipy.bic.berkeley.edu/manylinux -U --pre matplotlib
>
> Best,
>
> Matthew
>



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