On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 9:06 AM, Matt <m...@mapopolis.com> wrote:
> Thanks so much, Ben, that did work.
>
> Matt
>
> On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 2:57 PM, Benjamin Root <ben.r...@ou.edu> wrote:
> > On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 8:49 AM, Matt <m...@mapopolis.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> LINUX
> >>
> >> Linux ubuntu 2.6.35-22-generic #33-Ubuntu SMP Sun Sep 19 20:34:50 UTC
> >> 2010 i686 GNU/Linux
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> GCC
> >>
> >> gcc (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.4.4-14ubuntu5) 4.4.5
> >> Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> MATPLOTLIB
> >>
> >> ubu...@ubuntu:~/Desktop/mp$ python -c `import matplotlib; print
> >> matplotlib.__version__`
> >> The program 'import' can be found in the following packages:
> >> * imagemagick
> >> * graphicsmagick-imagemagick-compat (You will have to enable
> >> component called 'universe')
> >> Try: sudo apt-get install <selected package>
> >> Warning: unknown mime-type for "matplotlib.__version__" -- using
> >> "application/octet-stream"
> >> Error: no such file "matplotlib.__version__"
> >> Argument expected for the -c option
> >> usage: python [option] ... [-c cmd | -m mod | file | -] [arg] ...
> >> Try `python -h' for more information.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> OUTPUT
> >>
> >> ubu...@ubuntu:~/Desktop/mp$ sudo apt-get install python-matplotlib
> >> Reading package lists... Done
> >> Building dependency tree
> >> Reading state information... Done
> >> Package python-matplotlib is not available, but is referred to by
> >> another package.
> >> This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
> >> is only available from another source
> >>
> >> E: Package 'python-matplotlib' has no installation candidate
> >>
> >
> > Matt, in your first command, you used a backtick, which is different from
> a
> > single quote. A phrase quoted by a backtick will execute as a shell
> command
> > and put its output in place for the rest of the shell command.
> >
> > Then, the reason you probably can't find matplotlib is that you probably
> > don't have the other repos turned on. I forget which repo matplotlib is
> in,
> > but it might be the "universe" repo. If you open the synaptic package
> > manager and view the available repositories (it is in the menu items, I
> > forget which), you can turn on other Ubuntu repos.
> >
> > Let us know how that works for you.
> >
> > Ben Root
> >
> >
>
Good, glad to be of help.
Ben Root
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