On Nov 16, 2012, at 2:25PM, Russell E. Owen wrote: > 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
pip is the only method I have used in my Linux work. -Sterling > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
