In article <50a61b5b.1090...@ed.ac.uk>, Mathew Topper <mathew.top...@ed.ac.uk> wrote:
> Hi, > > I'm interested to know why the pip package manager is not more widely > supported for installation of python packages like matplotlib? > Matplotlib seems to be particularly slowly updated in the Fedora > repositories, for example, so I often find that a source installation is > necessary. I know this isn't especially difficult for the experienced > user, but surely using something like pip would make this process for > accessible for all users of python packages, particularly those that do > not receive much attention from the big distribution maintainers? Yet, > pip doesn't get a mention on the installation documentation of > matplotlib or many other python packs. > > I would love to hear anyone's thoughts on this matter. Unfortunately pip cannot install binaries, so any user that tried to install matplotlib using pip would have to have a C compiler. Unfortunately many users do not have a compiler on MacOS and Windows. In addition, matplotlib has some important dependencies that may not be available on all systems. MacOS now includes all necessary libraries. I don't think that is true for most flavors linux (though there is probably an easy way to get all missing packages). I have no idea about Windows. I agree pip should be mentioned, but I don't see it as a viable mainstream means of installing matplotlib. (Does it even work with matplotlib? I've never tried it.) -- Russell ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Monitor your physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure from a single web console. Get in-depth insight into apps, servers, databases, vmware, SAP, cloud infrastructure, etc. Download 30-day Free Trial. Pricing starts from $795 for 25 servers or applications! http://p.sf.net/sfu/zoho_dev2dev_nov _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
