stuartornum wrote: > Hi, > > Im getting the error: > > <type 'exceptions.RuntimeError'>: Failed to create > /$dirstring$/common/.matplotlib; consider setting MPLCONFIGDIR to a writable > directory for matplotlib configuration data > > The problem is I do not have write access to the MatPlotLib module sourse, > so I cannot change the MPLCONFIGDIR variable, where ever it is..! > > So my question is can I set MPLCONFIGDIR to say "/home/user/dirs/" in my > script somewhere, so that I know the that directory has read/write access. > > Thank you for your time. > > Regards > Stuart: Why are you setting the MPLCONFIGDIR environment variable? By default, the configuration file goes in $HOME/.matplotlib, which is usually just fine. Typically $MPLCONFIGDIR is used to override this in special situations, for example when running matplotlib in a web application.
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