I'm embarrassed to ask that I'm having trouble building/installing matplotlib on an intel Mac.
The version at http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/ wants to give me an .egg file for my Mac, and I have yet to figure out how to load and install .egg files. (How come python is such a mess?) So I tried to install with darwinports. Darwinports proceeded to upgrade my python from 2.4 to 2.5 (thanks!) and then gave me an error installing numeric because the fortran compiler wouldn't build or something. So I manually installed numeric (I don't need fortran support) and manually downloaded matplotlib to install with setup.py. But I'm getting this error: building 'matplotlib.backends._tkagg' extension g++ -arch i386 -arch ppc -isysroot /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk -g -bundle -undefined dynamic_lookup build/temp.macosx-10.3-fat-2.5/src/ _tkagg.o build/temp.macosx-10.3-fat-2.5/CXX/cxx_extensions.o build/ temp.macosx-10.3-fat-2.5/CXX/cxxsupport.o build/temp.macosx-10.3- fat-2.5/CXX/IndirectPythonInterface.o build/temp.macosx-10.3-fat-2.5/ CXX/cxxextensions.o -L/usr/local/lib -L/usr/lib -L/usr/local/lib -L/ usr/lib -lpng -lz -lstdc++ -lm -lfreetype -lz -lstdc++ -lm -o build/ lib.macosx-10.3-fat-2.5/matplotlib/backends/_tkagg.so -framework Tcl - framework Tk /usr/bin/ld: for/usr/bin/ld: for architecture ppc /usr/bin/ld: can't locate file for: -lpng collect2: ld returned 1 exit status architecture i386 /usr/bin/ld: can't locate file for: -lpng collect2: ld returned 1 exit status lipo: can't open input file: /var/tmp//ccl92wxW.out (No such file or directory) error: command 'g++' failed with exit status 1 Computer:/Users/simsong/Desktop/matplotlib-0.90.0 root# This basically says that it can't build the universal version on my mac because I only have intel binaries for libpng, and not universal binaries. I don't need universal binaries; I'm only running on intel. I'd rather not go down this path, it turns out. It would be a lot easier for me just to download binaries. What I would like to know is: 1. What is the preferred way for installing matplotlib on Mac at this point? 2. How do I install an EGG file? Thanks! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
