On May 7, 2007, at 11:21 AM, Christopher Barker wrote: > Praveen Gopalakrishnan wrote: >> Hi, I'm a newbie trying to install matplotlib (0.87) on Linux >> (2.6.11,FC4). I have Python 2.4, wxPython 2.8.3 and all required >> libraries for matplotlib (freetype, libpng, zlib). I'm tring to use >> wxAgg as the backend, and there is a build error for matplotlib when >> it tries to compile the wxagg files.. > > I'm pretty sure that 0.87 will not build with wxPython2.8.* I think > it's > been fixed in SVN, but not in the 0.90 release either.
Chris is correct, you cannot build 0.87's _wxagg module using wxPython 2.8. However, you can edit setup.py and change the value of the BUILD_WXAGG variable from 'auto' to 0. This will inhibit the compilation of the module and everything should work fine. Ken ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
