Re: [Matplotlib-users] Date demos from examples fail to run

[John H. <jdh...@ac...>]

>>>>> "Delbert" == Delbert D Franz <iq...@so...> writes:

    Delbert> After downloading and installing these two packages all
    Delbert> but date_demo_rrule.py completed properly.  The error in
    Delbert> this case was an unknown name "rand".  A check of the
    Delbert> Python Library reference stated it was obsolete.  I
    Delbert> replaced it with random.randrange but got another error,
    Delbert> an assertion error apparently on the y value.  Being
    Delbert> somewhat new to Python and even newer to matplotlib I
    Delbert> gave up on that demo.

    Delbert> Perhaps someone else can test date_demo_rrule.py and see
    Delbert> what happens.  It is always a good thing when demos in
    Delbert> fact run!

True!  But all of these demos do run for me.  I suggest you flush your
existing matplotlib by removing site-packages/matplotlib and your
"build" directory and reinstall from the official source at
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=80706&package_id=82474&release_id=281218.
Please follow the instructions at
http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/installing.html, eg make sure you
have numeric or numarray installed when you compile matplotlib.

Let us know if you have more troubles, and please include a full
traceback from one of the date demos and run it with

> python date_demo1.py --verbose-helpful

and report the output.


    Delbert> I am also testing under MS Windows and the dateutils and
    Delbert> pytz files came with that install but none of the example
    Delbert> files came.  Not sure why they are not included in the
    Delbert> *.exe installer.

It's a distutils thing.  Suggestions here welcome.

JDH