On 08/31/2011 01:59 PM, Benjamin Root wrote: > On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 6:35 PM, Craig Finch <cfi...@ieee.org > <mailto:cfi...@ieee.org>> wrote: > > I figured it out! I accidentally did something weird. When I built > NumPy and SciPy, I used the --user option to tell distutils to build > them in my home directory. I had not realized that --user installs > the packages in ~/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/. I was > assuming they would be installed in ~/lib/python2.7/site-packages, > but I didn't notice they were "missing" until just now. When I > reinstalled NumPy and Scipy using the option --prefix=/home/cfinch > and then rebuilt matplotlib, everything started working. I didn't > have to rebuild pycairo or pygtk; I just had to get everything in > the same location. This is the first I've heard of installing > anything in a .local directory...why is that even an option??? > > Thanks for your help! > > > It is a standard directory in linux now. Started by the freedesktop.org > <http://freedesktop.org>, I think. Personally, I prefer it over having > ~/lib, ~/bin and such cluttering my home directory. > > http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html
Aha! So that's where .config came from, also. IPython is using it; I suppose we should, too. Eric > > Ben Root > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Special Offer -- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE! > Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better > price-free! And you'll get a free "Love Thy Logs" t-shirt when you > download Logger. Secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsisghtdev2dev > > > > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer -- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! And you'll get a free "Love Thy Logs" t-shirt when you download Logger. Secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsisghtdev2dev _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users