On 19-Nov-09, at 5:36 PM, Scot Denhalter wrote: > On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 2:46 PM, Eric Firing <efir...@hawaii.edu> > wrote: >> >> You don't need a fortran compiler for numpy, even if you are building >> from source; and you probably don't need to build from source. Did >> you >> try the suggested binary packages for the Mac as listed on the nltk >> site? >> >> http://www.nltk.org/download
> Yes, I downloaded the files recommended on that webpage. The tar.gz > files > unpack, but they do not install, and I am too much of a newbie to > figure out > how to install the files in the unpacked folder. No matter where I > placed > the numpy folder, I couldn't get Python 2.6 to find and install numpy. > > Nevertheless, I did finally find .dmg downloads for numpy and > matplotlib and > they installed without my having to get involved. > > But when I run a dispersion_plot function, I get an error message from > Python, which I don't understand: > > Warning (from warnings module): > File > "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/ > site-packages/matplotlib/dates.py", > line 91 > import pytz.zoneinfo > ImportWarning: Not importing directory > '/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/ > site-packages/pytz/zoneinfo': > missing __init__.py > > Python launches the dispersion plot in another window as it apparently > should, so why am I getting an error message? Perhaps, those of you > who > program in Python can explain this to me. I don't know why it would be trying to import zoneinfo since it doesn't seem to be a code directory, it just contains various data for timezone stuff. I'm CC'ing matplotlib-devel since that's really a matplotlib problem and not a Python or NumPy one. David P.S. please don't top-post replies, it makes things hard to follow. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
