In article <caat3jwe2fozn2fnolb677kjqre-pzj+zlhwxoe7-vkbfvko...@mail.gmail.com>, C M <cmpyt...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Trying to help a Mac friend running OSX 10.7 (Lion) easily set up to test > scripts I send him, and have some questions: > > 1) Can Matplotlib 1.1 run on the Python 2.7.2 version that comes with > Lion? Yes. You can easily build it yoursef as long as you have XCode installed: - Edit setupext.py so that the list of values for "darwin" is ['/usr/local', '/usr', /usr/X11'] (and for a really vanilla build leave out /usr/local). (I have a pull request for this to be part of the standard distro, but I don't know if or when it will go in since not a big issue.) Then do the usual: % python setup.py build % sudo python setup.py install > 2) When is there expected to be an installer for Matplotlib 1.1 for OSX > 10.7? There is one, but like all the matplotlib (and numpy and scipy) official binaries it uses python.org's python, not Apple's. To go this route install python.org's Python 2.7.2 for 10.6-and-later (which is 64-bit) and then install the official numpy and matpotlib binaries. (It is a bit of a hassle to have to install a different python, but it has the advantage that you can freely upgrade python itself and packages without fear of breaking anything in the operating system.) There are lots of other options: Enthought has a python installer that includes lots of useful scientific packages. ActiveState has an installer with a lot of packages available (though last I checked matplotlib was out of date, which quite surprised me). MacPorts and competing package managers make it easy to install packages. Regards, -- Russell ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Developers, A Lot Can Happen In A Second. Boundary is the first to Know...and Tell You. Monitor Your Applications in Ultra-Fine Resolution. Try it FREE! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-d2dvs2 _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
