Can you provide the output of a clean build? Go to the source directory, remove the "build" dir, and run "python setup.py install &> log" and send us the file "log". It's possible you do not have the development files for gtk installed so the extension modules didn't get built.
Mike On 04/08/2011 08:49 AM, Sebastian Berg wrote: > Hey, > > I recently installed matplotlib "1.1.0svn" upgrading from 0.99.x shipped > with ubuntu. I have the problem that the GTK backend does not work > properly. Running similar to: > http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/examples/user_interfaces/embedding_in_gtk.html > throws the error: ImportError: No module named _backend_gdk > Is this a problem with the version or my installation and how would I > fix it (or do I need to downgrade again!?). > > Regards > > Sebastian Berg > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Xperia(TM) PLAY > It's a major breakthrough. An authentic gaming > smartphone on the nation's most reliable network. > And it wants your games. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-sfdev > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users > -- Michael Droettboom Science Software Branch Space Telescope Science Institute Baltimore, Maryland, USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Xperia(TM) PLAY It's a major breakthrough. An authentic gaming smartphone on the nation's most reliable network. And it wants your games. http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-sfdev _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users