Re: [Matplotlib-users] problem importing ft2font / pygtk requirement

[Gerry W. <ge...@uc...>]

Hi Todd,

I changed the directory  from matplotlib-0.53  and the problem with 
ft2font went away.

Thanks,

--Gerry Wiener




Todd Miller wrote:

>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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