Yeah, that mirrors what others have stated. The common thread seems to be
that all of these users were comfortable with doing "sudo pip install
<somepkg>" (myself included). I was in a rush when I originally encountered
issues back in the summer on my 12.04 machine, so I just switched to
miniconda and didn't figure out what was wrong on my system.
On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 12:27 PM, Christian Ambros <ambr...@ymail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> as you can see: 14.3.1 which is the latest, because before I started
> upgrading, I read about possible issues here and upgraded the setuptools as
> conclusion.
>
> Python 3.4.0 (default, Apr 11 2014, 13:05:11)
> [GCC 4.8.2] on linux
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
> >>> import setuptools
> >>> print(setuptools.__version__)
> 14.3.1
> >>> exit()
>
> cheers,
> Christian
> --
> "A little learning never caused anyone's head to explode!"
>
>
> "Ein wenig Lernen hat noch niemandens Kopf zum Explodieren gebracht!"
>
>
>
> On Wednesday, April 1, 2015 1:25 PM, 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!"
>
>
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