On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 9:35 PM, Dennis Newbold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > The "Installing" page on the matplotlib website says: "You > probably don't need to compile matplotlib unless you want to or work > on an obscure platform. There are binary builds for Windows, OS X and > many major linux distributions; see below". > > When I scrol below, under "Linux", I see > "To build all the backends on a binary linux distro such as redhat, > you need to install a number of the devel libs (and whatever > dependencies they require), I suggest > matplotlib core: zlib, zlib-devel, libpng, libpng-devel, freetype, > freetype-devel, freetype-utils > gtk/gtkagg backend: gtk2-devel, gtk+-devel, pygtk2, glib-devel, > pygtk2-devel, gnome-libs-devel, pygtk2-libglade > tk backend: tcl, tk, tkinter > wx/wxagg backends - the wxpython rpms from wxpython"
These instructions were written a long time ago, before matplotlib was shipped with most linux distributions, and are for people who want to compile matplotlib from source. They need to be updated. > This doesn't tell me where to find a matplotlib rpm file, just a list > of the other stuff that I need to make sure my redhat system already > has (btw, I thought that was what a good rpm is supposed to do > anyway?) It's sually called python2.5-matplotlib or something like that. JDH ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
