On 05/12/2011 02:34 PM, C M wrote: > On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 1:26 PM, Michael Droettboom<md...@stsci.edu> wrote: > >> You can always get a tarball of the current git master by going here: >> >> https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib >> >> clicking on "Download" and choosing one of the "download source" options >> at the top of the popup box. >> >> Mike >> > Thanks, but I'm having trouble using that. I downloaded the .zip > file, unzipped the archive, moved the folder to > C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages, renamed my current matplotlib folder to > matplotlib_OLD, ran these commands from the new directory: > > python setup.py build > python setup.py install > > And finally renamed the new folder to just matplotlib. It is not > finding the modules when I go to run it. If revert the names of the > folders, my old folder still works. What am I doing wrong? > You should not expand the directory tree under site-packages -- "python setup.py install" is what does that for you. You should expand it anywhere else (most people create a "src" directory somewhere on their machine for source code). Then run those commands.
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