On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 2:15 PM, Jeremy Lounds <lou...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have another question for the group... > > I saw in the archives someone else who was getting the error I am now > running in to now. He said he solved it by recompiling from sources. I > was wondering what version of Python is optimal for matplotlib and > basemap?
What platform are you on -- compiling from source is particularly easy on linux. I use the stock python, and then get all the dependencies for all the packages I want t build from source: > sudo apt-get build_dep numpy scipy matplotlib mayavi traits cython sympy Then check out the source from the version control repositories (svn/git/hg) and > python setup.py install --prefix=~/whatever This will almost always work, out of the box, and some version of this is what most of the serious users do. Then if you encounter a runtime problem or a real bug, report it to the mailing list, get the bug fixed, svn up and reinstall. Other platforms (win32, osx) are possible but much harder. JDH ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America contest Create new apps & games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and Canada $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in marketing Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
