On 02/18/2012 01:14 PM, Michael Rawlins wrote: > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* Eric Firing <efir...@hawaii.edu> > *To:* Michael Rawlins <rawlin...@yahoo.com> > *Cc:* "matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net" > <matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > *Sent:* Saturday, February 18, 2012 5:42 PM > *Subject:* Re: [Matplotlib-users] installed python-scipy causing errors > with numpy > > On 02/18/2012 11:54 AM, Michael Rawlins wrote: > > > > > > The version of numpy I installed last month from source is 1.61. I've > > just found a couple files: > > > > /usr/bin/numpy-1.6.1/doc/release/1.3.0-notes.rst > > This looks wrong. Did you untar the tarball in /usr/bin? Don't. Untar > it in some non-system location, maybe a subdirectory of your home > directory, and then > > cd numpy > python setup.py build > sudo python setup.py install > > > Thanks. Yes, I did untar numpy.tar in /usr/bin. Won't do that again. > When I installed matplotlib I untared that tarball in a subdirectory of > my home directory. > > Any suggestions for being sure I completely remove all potentially > conflicting traces of numpy and matplotlib before reinstall? I usually > use the locate command to find files with those names in them. As you > know, the files are most often found in just a few directories. > > Mike
Mike, I think that using synaptic to uninstall what you installed with synaptic, together with manually removing the misplaced untarred tree, should take care of everything. locate is indeed very helpful, but don't forget that its database is updated at intervals, not continuously. Eric ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
