Re: [Matplotlib-users] Matplotlib & BaseMap install on OS X

[Jeff W. <js...@fa...>]

Travis Brady wrote:

>Thanks, John.
>That worked, but Matplotlib is now spitting out the error below and I
>can't even find the rc file in the location it lists:
>
>/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/lib/python2.3/site-packages/matplotlib/__init__.py:642:
>UserWarning: Bad val "error" on line #200
>        "verbose.level  : error     # one of silent, error, helpful,
>        debug, debug-annoying"
>        in file
>        "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/share/matplotlib/.matplotlibrc"
>        Illegal verbose string "error".  Legal values are ('silent',
>        'helpful', 'debug', 'debug-annoying')
>  warnings.warn('Bad val "%s" on line #%d\n\t"%s"\n\tin file "%s"\n\t%s'
>  % (val, cnt, line, fname, msg))
>/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/lib/python2.3/site-packages/matplotlib/__init__.py:630:
>UserWarning: Bad key "verbose.erro" on line 202 in
>/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/share/matplotlib/.matplotlibrc
>  warnings.warn('Bad key "%s" on line %d in %s' % (key, cnt, fname))
>Bus error
>
>  
>

Travis:  The matplotlib package in fink (http://fink.sf.net) is up to 
date, and includes basemap-0.3.2.  First, you'll need to install the 
developer tools.  After running the fink installer, enable the unstable 
tree by editing /sw/etc/fink.conf (add 'unstable/main' and 
'unstable/crypto' to the 'Trees:' line).  Then run "fink selfupdate", 
and when that is done "fink install matplotlib-py24".  Go get several 
cups of coffee as fink downloads and builds a whole bunch of depedencies 
(including python 2.4.1).  The fink installed python distribution will 
live entirely independently of your apple system python.  I keep the 
matplotlib package up to date, so all that will be needed to get the 
latest version will be to run "fink update matplotlib-py24" 
occasionally.  The disadvantage of the fink route is that you'll have to 
use X11 to run matplotlib with the gtk-agg backend, since fink python is 
a unix build and doesn't support using the native wx or tk toolkits.  
Right now I actually think of this an advantage, since as you've seen 
these toolkits are a bit buggy (the gtk-agg backend is better tested, 
since I believe it is the default under linux and windows).

-Jeff

P.S.  If you decide to go this route, be sure to read section 2.3 of the 
fink user's guide 
(http://fink.sourceforge.net/doc/users-guide/install.php?phpLang=en#setup).

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