Re: [Matplotlib-users] Installing on a Fink-free OS-X

[Andrew S. <str...@as...>]

Chris Barker wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm working on installing matplotlib on a fink-free OS-X. When I have 
> it all working, I'll post the methodology here.
>
> I've got it all compiled and installed, but when I run it, I get:
>
> Python 2.3 (#1, Sep 13 2003, 00:49:11)
> [GCC 3.3 20030304 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 1495)] on darwin
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
> >>> import pylab
> Could not open font file /Library/Fonts/NISC18030.ttf
> No module named pygtk
> PyGTK version 1.99.16 or greater is required to run the GTK Matplotlib 
> backends
>
> This makes sense, as I don't have PyGTK, However, I would have thought 
> that setup.py would have figured that out, and not tried to build it. 
> At this point, all I need is to generate images with the AGG back-end, 
> so why is it trying to run PyGTK on import?


What does your .matplotlibrc say on the "backend" line?