John Seales <praxbaf...@hotmail.com> writes: > I'm using Mac os 10.4.11. Python is included in mac os.
The error messages refer to Python 2.6: >> > ImportError: >> > dlopen(/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages/matplotlib/ft2font.so, >> > 2): Library not loaded: /usr/X11R6/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib >> > Referenced from: >> > /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages/matplotlib/ft2font.so If you are somehow using this with the system Python, it's no wonder that you are having problems. I think OS X 10.4 includes Python 2.3 or at most 2.4 - version 10.5 has Python 2.5. But perhaps you have installed some other version of Python - one way to test what you are using is to look at where Python gets its modules: ~% python Python 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Feb 22 2008, 07:57:53) [GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5363)] on darwin Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import os >>> os <module 'os' from '/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/os.pyc'> (So I am using something else than the system-supplied Python, whose os.pyc file is under /System/Library.) Some distributions of Python for OS X are mentioned here: http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/faq/installing_faq.html#which-python-for-osx > Matplotlib I installed from a precompiled version. Is this the version from Sourceforge, or somewhere else? Anyway, the library linking problems sound a lot like you are using software that was not compiled for your version of OS X - I guess most developers have upgraded to Leopard quite some time ago, so they would not notice if something breaks on older releases. The larger question is, which versions of OS X should be supported by the binary packages? The ReadMe.txt bundled with the MacPython 2.6.2 installer says: This package will install MacPython 2.6.2 for Mac OS X 10.3 or later for the following architecture(s): i386, ppc. So Python itself supports Panther and newer, and I think the compiler flags used by Python are inherited by extensions - but if there is something other than just compiler flags to worry about, someone would have to have an installation of the target version of OS X to test on. -- Jouni K. Seppänen http://www.iki.fi/jks ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
