[Matplotlib-users] using matplotlib

[<rei...@gm...>]

Hello everybody,

I am new to this list and to the world of python, so I face some 
questions, which are hopefully difficult to me only.
I use python2.3.4 and want to install matplotlib. I build all the 
necessary packages (which were quite a lot) and finally, it seems to 
work.

import matplotlib does not produce any errors, though
import matplotlib.matlab does:

No module named pygtk
PyGTK version 1.99.16 or greater is required to run the GTK Matplotlib 
backends

But I have installed pygtk in the version2.4.1 without any errors and 
indeed

import pygtk

works without error. What am I doing wrong? I spend a lot of time to 
come to this point, but now I am running out of ideas. Can anyone help 
me?
Thanks
Reik

ps: I tried to install wxPython in the first place, but the 
make-command always terminates, because it has some problems with 
finding files in .../mac/ogl/... something, so I decided to switch to 
the GTK-backend...