Re: [Matplotlib-users] problem importing ft2font

[Todd M. <jm...@st...>]

Hi Gerry,

I just noticed a similar "failure" when I try to run matplotlib from the
root of the source tree, i.e. the directory matplotlib-0.53.  I think
doing that (running from the root) causes Python to interpret the
matplotlib subdirectory (matplotlib-0.53/matplotlib) as a package and to
look for ft2font.so there rather than in site-packages/matplotlib.  Try
cd'ing to some other directory.

HTH,
Todd


On Wed, 2004-04-21 at 15:47, Gerry Wiener wrote:
> I'm trying to run the first example in the tutorial but am running into 
> an import problem:
> 
> ActivePython 2.3.2 Build 231 (ActiveState Corp.) based on
> Python 2.3.2 (#1, Nov  6 2003, 09:47:20)
> [GCC 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.3 2.96-113)] on linux2
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>  >>> from matplotlib.matlab import *
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
>   File "matplotlib/matlab.py", line 128, in ?
>     from axes import Axes
>   File "matplotlib/axes.py", line 10, in ?
>     from axis import XTick, YTick, XAxis, YAxis
>   File "matplotlib/axis.py", line 22, in ?
>     from font_manager import FontProperties
>   File "matplotlib/font_manager.py", line 38, in ?
>     from matplotlib import ft2font
> ImportError: cannot import name ft2font
> 
> I've built and installed the freetype2 library and the matplotlib 
> installation cites:
> 
> running install_lib
> copying build/lib.linux-i686-2.3/matplotlib/backends/_tkagg.so -> 
> /d2/gerry/local/ActivePython-2.3/lib/python2.3/site-packages/matplotlib/backends
> copying build/lib.linux-i686-2.3/matplotlib/backends/_backend_agg.so -> 
> /d2/gerry/local/ActivePython-2.3/lib/python2.3/site-packages/matplotlib/backends
> copying build/lib.linux-i686-2.3/matplotlib/ft2font.so -> 
> /d2/gerry/local/ActivePython-2.3/lib/python2.3/site-packages/matplotlib
> copying build/lib.linux-i686-2.3/matplotlib/_image.so -> 
> /d2/gerry/local/ActivePython-2.3/lib/python2.3/site-packages/matplotlib
> 
> Not sure what's going wrong. Please respond to my email as well since 
> I'm not a subscriber to the email list.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Gerry Wiener
> 
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