Stan,
I am cc'ing the dev list for archival reasons.
I prefer the VS2003 build for several reasons. It is faster to
build. The resulting code is faster and smaller too. This is due to
Microsoft's compiler just being better than gcc. The process is not
necessarily easier either way though. I will try to outline the steps
from memory here, but definitely check out the information in the
header of setupext.py and in the zip win32_static* files.
Tk backend:
Install the latest 8.4 release of ActiveTCL into "C:\Tcl".
GTK backend:
Install the lastest 2.10 version of the win32 gtk dev package into "C:
\GTK". You can get these here "http://sourceforge.net/projects/gladewin32/
". gtk-2.12 does not work.
Install the latest 2.10 versions of pygtk.
GTK is a little off when it comes to pkg-config, so if you want the
gtk backend I'll have to give you some more information. I am happy
to do this, but it is late for me so I am just holding off right now.
WX is native python now, so nothing special is needed.
Obviously have numpy-1.1 installed.
This setup is the same for python 2.4 and 2.5.
Since you are going to be using svn, just extract the
win32_static_vs.zip (for VS2003) in you matplotib folder. You should
then have a win32_static folder in there.
Building a package is as simple as:
C:\Python25\python.exe setup.py build --compiler=msvc bdist_wininst
or
C:\Python25\python.exe setupegg.py build --compiler=msvc bdist_egg
If you want to use mingw, that just involves installing mingw to "C:
\mingw" and using the win32_static.zip instead of the vs version.
Let me know how it goes,
Charlie
On Jun 5, 2008, at 1:28 PM, Stan West wrote:
> Thank you for the prompt reply. I have both compilers and have little
> preference between them at the outset. Are there significant
> differences in
> either the build process or the result that I should consider?
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charlie Moad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 12:30
> To: Stan West
> Subject: Re: Building matplotlib on Windows
>
> I should first ask if you are planning to build with mingw or visual
> studio
> 2003?
>
> - Charlie
>
> On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 11:09 AM, Stan West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>> Greetings. I gather from the matplotlib mailing lists that you're the
>> expert on building it under Windows. I'd like to learn how to do that
>> to benefit from bug-fixes. What's involved? I started gathering the
>> dependencies mentioned in the COMPILING section of the INSTALL file.
>> That lead me to setupext.py, which led me to win32_static, where I
>> found files intended for Python 2.2 to 2.4. Figuring from that that
>> some of the build information might be outdated, I decided to contact
>> you directly and ask about the current state of things. I would
>> appreciate
> any help you can offer.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Stan West, Ph.D.
>> Research Physicist
>> U.S. NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY
>>
>
>
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