Hi, Weighing in on the Mac build issue:
- The only GUI backends worth building on Mac OS X are TkAgg and the native macosx one, in my humble opinion. Sticking to them will prevent the kind of pain Kynn described. These backends are autodetected by default during the build process and you only land in trouble if you explicitly enable the rest. My suggestion is therefore to do the default "python setup.py install". - I have been successfully using the Apple "system" Python since Mac OS 10.5 to run numpy/scipy/matplotlib/ipython and never encountered any major build or usage problems. I agree that Mac OS 10.4 and earlier needed a Python reinstallation, but do not see why it is currently still a strong requirement. Ben, do you know off-hand what issues numpy has been having with Apple Python? As improved documentation I can contribute (yet another :-)) tutorial for building and installing matplotlib and friends on a clean Mac OS 10.6 system, with a minimum of downloaded packages and using the standard system stuff as far as possible. I fine-tuned the instructions on several iMacs at work. I will just check that it still works with the latest packages. Regards, Ludwig > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 16:57:10 -0600 > From: Benjamin Root <ben.r...@ou.edu> > > There are a variety of issues depending on your Mac system that needs to be > sorted out to determine the best way to go about installing everything. The > particular sticking point is that Apple supplied their own interperater > rather than the standard python interpreater. Unfortunately, this causes > problems with numpy (and thus matplotlib). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lotusphere 2011 Register now for Lotusphere 2011 and learn how to connect the dots, take your collaborative environment to the next level, and enter the era of Social Business. http://p.sf.net/sfu/lotusphere-d2d _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
