I don't think this has anything to do with eggs. It looks like you don't have a C++ compiler installed or configured correctly. On ubuntu/debian you should make sure "build-essentials" is installed.
On 12/13/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes we all know the normal install of Matplotlib is rock solid and reliable. > > I'm having trouble doing an "egg" (setuptools) install of matplotlib. > > (I'm hoping eggs will be a nice way to have uniform install instructions > across > all OSes.) > > I got numpy egg installed but got this when I tried matplotlib egg install.... > > gcc: installation problem, cannot exec `cc1plus': No such file or directory > gcc: installation problem, cannot exec `cc1plus': No such file or directory > error: Setup script exited with error: Command "gcc -pthread > -fno-strict-aliasin g -DNDEBUG > -g > -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Iagg23/include -Isrc -Iswig - > I/usr/include/python2.4 -c agg23/src/agg_trans_affine.cpp -o > build/temp.linux-i6 > 86-2.4/agg23/src/agg_trans_affine.o" failed with exit status 1 > Exception exceptions.OSError: (2, 'No such file or directory', > 'src/_ns_cntr.c') in <bound > method CleanUpFile.__del__ of <setupext.CleanUpFile instance at 0xb78 > d59ac>> ignored > Exception exceptions.OSError: (2, 'No such file or directory', > 'src/_ns_backend_ agg.cpp') in > <bound method CleanUpFile.__del__ of <setupext.CleanUpFile instance > at 0xb78d53cc>> ignored > Exception exceptions.OSError: (2, 'No such file or directory', > 'src/_ns_nxutils. c') in <bound > method CleanUpFile.__del__ of <setupext.CleanUpFile instance at 0x > b78d5b8c>> ignored > Exception exceptions.OSError: (2, 'No such file or directory', > 'src/_ns_image.cp p') in <bound > method CleanUpFile.__del__ of <setupext.CleanUpFile instance at 0x > b78d57ac>> ignored > Exception exceptions.OSError: (2, 'No such file or directory', > 'src/_ns_transfor ms.cpp') in > <bound method CleanUpFile.__del__ of <setupext.CleanUpFile instance > at 0xb796c12c>> ignored > > > Any help greatly appreciated. > > Chris > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users