Forgot to cc the list.....JRC John R. Cary wrote: > John Hunter wrote: >> On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 11:18 AM, John R. Cary <c...@txcorp.com> wrote: >> >>> $ python setup.py install --prefix=/d/facets/contrib >>> ============================================================================ >>> >>> >>> BUILDING MATPLOTLIB >>> matplotlib: 0.98.5 >>> python: 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Dec 15 2008, 17:11:36) [GCC >>> 3.4.6 20060404 (Red Hat 3.4.6-10)] >>> platform: linux2 >>> >>> REQUIRED DEPENDENCIES >>> numpy: 1.2.1.1 >>> freetype2: 9.7.3 >>> >>> OPTIONAL BACKEND DEPENDENCIES >>> libpng: 1.2.7 >>> connect 173.8.244.121 port 6000: Connection timed out >>> X connection to foo.bar.com:12.0 broken (explicit kill or server >>> shutdown). >>> >>> Is this expected? Any way around? >>> >>> Thanks......John Cary >>> >> >> It is not expected in that I do not know why the connection was broken >> (did it once exits, do you expect X connectivity in your build >> environment?). I am not sure why the X connection was broken, whether >> you wanted it, or whether you wanted it to persist. mpl can be built >> w/o an X connection, but not all of the mpl backends can. Details on >> all of the mpl backends can be found here: >> >> http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/faq/installing_faq.html#backends >> >> A plain vanilla mpl install which can generate PS, PDF, SVG and PNG >> should be buildable w/o an X connection. You can copy the >> setup.cfg.template file which lives alongside setup.py to setup.cfg >> and edit it to turn off optional GUI backend building. >> >> But if you want an mpl install that works with one or more GUIs, you >> may need an X connnection. That is because mpl tries to import one or >> more GUI toolkits at build time to see if they are present as part of >> an auto-configure routine. If they are present, we try and build our >> extensions for them. So, for example, when we try and import pygtk to >> see if we should build our gtk extensions, an X connection is made. >> You might be able to work around this by explicitly stating in >> setup.cfg which backends you want to build, turning off all >> non-essential ones. >> >> > Thanks for your help. Uncommenting the GUI front end lines, > > #gtk = False > #gtkagg = False > #tkagg = False > #wxagg = False > #macosx = False > > allowed this to build. > > Then going back and ssh'ing to the machine with X-forwarding (-Y) worked > as well. I don't understand enough to know why the second worked, but > it did. > > Best regards....John Cary > > > >
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