On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 11:42 AM, falbriard <clau...@br.ibm.com> wrote: > > Thanks Michael for your quick reply. I will consider use of the yum tool to > install the per-requisite and future updates. > > Meanwhile I got a step forwards with help of the freetype developer forum > and I succeeded to build the freetype2 from the source. So I've also > repeated the "python setup.py build" which gave me a new error message > "cannot find -lz " . See the linker command below: > > g++ -pthread -shared build/temp.linux-s390x-2.6/src/ft2font.o > build/temp.linux-s390x-2.6/src/mplutils.o > build/temp.linux-s390x-2.6/CXX/IndirectPythonInterface.o > build/temp.linux-s390x-2.6/CXX/cxx_extensions.o > build/temp.linux-s390x-2.6/CXX/cxxsupport.o > build/temp.linux-s390x-2.6/CXX/cxxextensions.o -L/usr/local/lib > -L/usr/local/lib -L/usr/lib -L/usr/local/lib64 -L/usr/lib64 -L/usr/lib64 > -lfreetype -lz -lstdc++ -lm -lpython2.6 -o > build/lib.linux-s390x-2.6/matplotlib/ft2font.so > /usr/lib64/gcc/s390x-suse-linux/4.3/../../../../s390x-suse-linux/bin/ld: > cannot find -lz
That error means mpl could not find libz, which probably means you don't have libpng installed either. mpl has a fair number of dependencies. See http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/users/installing.html#build-requirements On debian systems, there is a brilliant command apt-get build-dep python-matplotlib which will install everything you need to build mpl from source. SUSE is RPM based: is there anything equivalent in rpm yum land? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Doing More with Less: The Next Generation Virtual Desktop What are the key obstacles that have prevented many mid-market businesses from deploying virtual desktops? How do next-generation virtual desktops provide companies an easier-to-deploy, easier-to-manage and more affordable virtual desktop model.http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51426474/ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
