On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 10:00 PM, Damon McDougall <d.mcdoug...@warwick.ac.uk> wrote: > Hi Jeff, > > I am able to run the tex_demo.py with no problems and I can create > > output files using the Agg backend. When I try to use the PDF > > backend, however, I get an error which stems from dviread.py (pasted > > below). Any thoughts on what could be going wrong? > > Thanks! > > Jeff > > Hi Jeff, > > How did you install matplotlib? From source yourself? > > No, I'm using the Enthought Python Distribution (EPD64). > > And when you installed matplotlib, did it see that you had dvipng installed? > FYI, you can do > which dvipng > to return the path where dvipng lives (if it is in your path already) or you > can do > locate dvipng > to do a search for the binary if it isn't already in your path. > P.S. You forgot to reply-all so everyone can see your response.
$ which dvipng /usr/texbin/dvipng I don't remember any complaints while running the EPD installer. Would there be a way to check this? Is the problem definitely related to an inability to find dvipng, or could there be other possibilities? Thanks, Jeff ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ uberSVN's rich system and user administration capabilities and model configuration take the hassle out of deploying and managing Subversion and the tools developers use with it. Learn more about uberSVN and get a free download at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/wandisco-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
