On Wed, 3 Sep 2025, 15:40 Rob Cliffe, <rob.cli...@btinternet.com> wrote:
> > > On 03/09/2025 15:35, Oscar Benjamin wrote: > > > > On Wed, 3 Sep 2025, 15:21 Rob Cliffe via Python-list, < > python-list@python.org> wrote: > >> >> >> On 03/09/2025 14:59, Mats Wichmann wrote: >> > On 9/3/25 07:20, Rob Cliffe wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> On 03/09/2025 00:01, Mats Wichmann wrote: >> >>> On 9/2/25 14:51, Rob Cliffe via Python-list wrote: >> > > > > >> > # do a test install with some flags that *might* give you useful info: >> > pip -v install --dry-run --only-binary :all: --ignore-installed >> matplotlib >> I'm not familiar with these pip options, but I tried this and got the >> following output: >> >> Using pip 25.2 from C:\Python313\Lib\site-packages\pip (python 3.13) >> ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement >> matplotlib (from versions: none) >> ERROR: No matching distribution found for matplotlib > > > This means that pip can't find matching wheels. You would see this error > message at the end if you didn't have a network connection. Assuming pip > can reach pypi then it thinks that none of these wheels is suitable: > > https://pypi.org/project/matplotlib/#files > > There seem to be wheels for 3.13 on Windows for amd64 and arm64. > > Is it possible that you are on a 32 bit machine or using a 32 bit build of > python? > > -- > Oscar > > I'm using a 32-bit build of python: > > >python > Python 3.13.3 (tags/v3.13.3:6280bb5, Apr 8 2025, 14:32:59) [MSC v.1943 32 > bit (Intel)] on win32 > Then the problem is that matplotlib no longer provides prebuilt wheels for 32 bit python on windows. The simplest fix is to install a 64 bit build of python. Oscar > -- https://mail.python.org/mailman3//lists/python-list.python.org
