Good point. At least put up a decent message to help users understand what
is wrong.
On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 9:57 AM, Thomas Caswell <tcasw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Independent of what exactly is going wrong, the issue is that it _isn't_
> finding the right version of freetype and iirc LooseVersion is handling the
> 'not found' return code badly. This is coming up often enough we probably
> do need to special case this check with a try/except.
>
> On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 9:50 AM Benjamin Root <ben.r...@ou.edu> wrote:
>
>> Actually, look at the traceback... it is using distutils' version.py.
>> That's weird. Is that a result of setuptools monkey-patching?
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 9:25 AM, Jens Nielsen <jenshniel...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I think we have seen this issue before and it seems to be caused by an
>>> out of date version of setuptools. I tried reproducing it on fresh ubuntu
>>> 14.04 machine but was not able to reproduce the issue. Do you know which
>>> version of setuptools you are using?
>>>
>>> Jens
>>>
>>> ons. 1. apr. 2015 kl. 14.19 skrev Thomas Caswell <tcasw...@gmail.com>:
>>>
>>>> Make sure you have `freetype-dev` installed at the system level.
>>>>
>>>> Tom
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 8:02 AM Christian Ambros <ambr...@ymail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm facing the same trouble with installing matplotlib 1.4.3 and
>>>>> 1.5.dev1. running
>>>>>
>>>>> python3 setup.py build
>>>>>
>>>>> in the unarchived directory gives this:
>>>>>
>>>>> ============================================================================
>>>>> Edit setup.cfg to change the build options
>>>>>
>>>>> BUILDING MATPLOTLIB
>>>>> matplotlib: yes [1.5.dev1]
>>>>> python: yes [3.4.0 (default, Apr 11 2014, 13:05:11)
>>>>> [GCC
>>>>> 4.8.2]]
>>>>> platform: yes [linux]
>>>>>
>>>>> REQUIRED DEPENDENCIES AND EXTENSIONS
>>>>> numpy: yes [version 1.9.2]
>>>>> six: yes [using six version 1.5.2]
>>>>> dateutil: yes [using dateutil version 2.0]
>>>>> pytz: yes [using pytz version 2012c]
>>>>> tornado: yes [using tornado version 3.1.1]
>>>>> pyparsing: yes [using pyparsing version 2.0.1]
>>>>> libagg: yes [Requires patches that have not been merged
>>>>> upstream. Using local copy.]
>>>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>>> File "setup.py", line 153, in <module>
>>>>> result = package.check()
>>>>> File "/home/ambrosc/Downloads/matplotlib-master/setupext.py", line
>>>>> 900, in check
>>>>> min_version='2.3', version=version)
>>>>> File "/home/ambrosc/Downloads/matplotlib-master/setupext.py", line
>>>>> 446, in _check_for_pkg_config
>>>>> if (not is_min_version(version, min_version)):
>>>>> File "/home/ambrosc/Downloads/matplotlib-master/setupext.py", line
>>>>> 173, in is_min_version
>>>>> return found_version >= expected_version
>>>>> File "/usr/lib/python3.4/distutils/version.py", line 76, in __ge__
>>>>> c = self._cmp(other)
>>>>> File "/usr/lib/python3.4/distutils/version.py", line 343, in _cmp
>>>>> if self.version < other.version:
>>>>> TypeError: unorderable types: str() < int()
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm running Linux Mint 17 "Quina" which is based on Ubuntu's trusty
>>>>> packges.
>>>>>
>>>>> pip3 is up to date. Running
>>>>> print(setuptools.__file__)
>>>>>
>>>>> gives: /usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/setuptools/__init__.py
>>>>> which is as expected.
>>>>>
>>>>> Using pip3 install matplotlib --upgrade #even to 1.4.3
>>>>> get's me this:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Collecting matplotlib from
>>>>> https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/m/matplotlib/matplotlib-1.4.3.tar.gz#md5=86af2e3e3c61849ac7576a6f5ca44267
>>>>> Downloading matplotlib-1.4.3.tar.gz (50.4MB)
>>>>> 100% |################################| 50.4MB 8.0kB/s
>>>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>>> File "<string>", line 20, in <module>
>>>>> File "/tmp/pip-build-sezmzam8/matplotlib/setup.py", line 155, in
>>>>> <module>
>>>>> result = package.check()
>>>>> File "/tmp/pip-build-sezmzam8/matplotlib/setupext.py", line 961,
>>>>> in check
>>>>> min_version='2.3', version=version)
>>>>> File "/tmp/pip-build-sezmzam8/matplotlib/setupext.py", line 445,
>>>>> in _check_for_pkg_config
>>>>> if (not is_min_version(version, min_version)):
>>>>> File "/tmp/pip-build-sezmzam8/matplotlib/setupext.py", line 173,
>>>>> in is_min_version
>>>>> return found_version >= expected_version
>>>>> File "/usr/lib/python3.4/distutils/version.py", line 76, in
>>>>> __ge__
>>>>> c = self._cmp(other)
>>>>> File "/usr/lib/python3.4/distutils/version.py", line 343, in _cmp
>>>>> if self.version < other.version:
>>>>> TypeError: unorderable types: str() < int()
>>>>>
>>>>> ============================================================================
>>>>> Edit setup.cfg to change the build options
>>>>> BUILDING MATPLOTLIB
>>>>> matplotlib: yes [1.4.3]
>>>>> python: yes [3.4.0 (default, Apr 11 2014,
>>>>> 13:05:11) [GCC
>>>>> 4.8.2]]
>>>>> platform: yes [linux]
>>>>> REQUIRED DEPENDENCIES AND EXTENSIONS
>>>>> numpy: yes [version 1.9.2]
>>>>> six: yes [using six version 1.5.2]
>>>>> dateutil: yes [using dateutil version 2.0]
>>>>> pytz: yes [using pytz version 2012c]
>>>>> tornado: yes [using tornado version 3.1.1]
>>>>> pyparsing: yes [using pyparsing version 2.0.1]
>>>>> pycxx: yes [Official versions of PyCXX are not
>>>>> compatible
>>>>> with matplotlib on Python 3.x, since they
>>>>> lack
>>>>> support for the buffer object. Using
>>>>> local copy]
>>>>> libagg: yes [Requires patches that have not been
>>>>> merged
>>>>> upstream. Using local copy.]
>>>>> Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
>>>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>>>
>>>>> File "<string>", line 20, in <module>
>>>>>
>>>>> File "/tmp/pip-build-sezmzam8/matplotlib/setup.py", line 155, in
>>>>> <module>
>>>>>
>>>>> result = package.check()
>>>>>
>>>>> File "/tmp/pip-build-sezmzam8/matplotlib/setupext.py", line 961,
>>>>> in check
>>>>>
>>>>> min_version='2.3', version=version)
>>>>>
>>>>> File "/tmp/pip-build-sezmzam8/matplotlib/setupext.py", line 445,
>>>>> in _check_for_pkg_config
>>>>>
>>>>> if (not is_min_version(version, min_version)):
>>>>>
>>>>> File "/tmp/pip-build-sezmzam8/matplotlib/setupext.py", line 173,
>>>>> in is_min_version
>>>>>
>>>>> return found_version >= expected_version
>>>>>
>>>>> File "/usr/lib/python3.4/distutils/version.py", line 76, in
>>>>> __ge__
>>>>>
>>>>> c = self._cmp(other)
>>>>>
>>>>> File "/usr/lib/python3.4/distutils/version.py", line 343, in _cmp
>>>>>
>>>>> if self.version < other.version:
>>>>>
>>>>> TypeError: unorderable types: str() < int()
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ============================================================================
>>>>>
>>>>> Edit setup.cfg to change the build options
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> BUILDING MATPLOTLIB
>>>>>
>>>>> matplotlib: yes [1.4.3]
>>>>>
>>>>> python: yes [3.4.0 (default, Apr 11 2014,
>>>>> 13:05:11) [GCC
>>>>>
>>>>> 4.8.2]]
>>>>>
>>>>> platform: yes [linux]
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> REQUIRED DEPENDENCIES AND EXTENSIONS
>>>>>
>>>>> numpy: yes [version 1.9.2]
>>>>>
>>>>> six: yes [using six version 1.5.2]
>>>>>
>>>>> dateutil: yes [using dateutil version 2.0]
>>>>>
>>>>> pytz: yes [using pytz version 2012c]
>>>>>
>>>>> tornado: yes [using tornado version 3.1.1]
>>>>>
>>>>> pyparsing: yes [using pyparsing version 2.0.1]
>>>>>
>>>>> pycxx: yes [Official versions of PyCXX are not
>>>>> compatible
>>>>>
>>>>> with matplotlib on Python 3.x, since they
>>>>> lack
>>>>>
>>>>> support for the buffer object. Using
>>>>> local copy]
>>>>>
>>>>> libagg: yes [Requires patches that have not been
>>>>> merged
>>>>>
>>>>> upstream. Using local copy.]
>>>>>
>>>>> ----------------------------------------
>>>>> Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in
>>>>> /tmp/pip-build-sezmzam8/matplotlib
>>>>> Which leads to the same error!
>>>>>
>>>>> running python2.7 setup.py egg_info doesn't fail but since I have to
>>>>> use 3.4.x ant pyqt5.4.x there is no way to use something else than
>>>>> matplotlib 1.4.3/1.5dev1 because auf the qt5agg backend.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any hints on how to get along?
>>>>>
>>>>> Christian
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> "A little learning never caused anyone's head to explode!"
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Ein wenig Lernen hat noch niemandens Kopf zum Explodieren gebracht!"
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