I'm trying to build on a PPC MacOS X 10.3.9 system using Python 2.4.1, but "import pylab" gives a bus error. (This is for a python app I distribute, so I can't give up on 10.3.9 yet. Once I solve this problem then I can redo it with static linking).
This is with hand-installed (no fink or DarwinPorts) versions of: - Python 2.4.1 - ActiveState Tcl/Tk 8.4.11 - matplotlib 0.87.3 - zlib 1.2.3 - freetype 2.2.1 - libpng 1.2.10 - numarray 1.5.1 - Numeric 24.2 I tried google and see somebody else saying the same, but no solution. Any ideas? I suspect it may be linking against freetype in /usr/X11R6/lib/ (based on <http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-list/2005-June/msg00136.html>) but am not sure how to test for or prevent that without messing with system files. (Also, for future reference, is the X11 freetype usable on 10.4?) -- Russell Details: I followed Chris Barker's instructions as found here <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/pythonmac-sig/2005-June/014435.html>. numarray 1.5.1 and Numeric 24.2 were already installed. - Installed zlib 1.2.3, freetype 2.2.1 and libpng 1.2.10. They all seemed to install fine and I tested libpng with the included "make test". Note: I did not attempt to specify static or dynamic and found that both kinds of libs were installed for libpng and libfreetype. - Renamed my old ~/.matplotlibrc to matplotlib wouldn't see it. - Built matplotlib in the usual way. - Tried to run from my home dir (not matplotlib's dir). "import pylab" gives a bus error. - I checked the default matplotlibrc file in /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/site-pack ages/matplotlib/mpl-data and it looks correct (the backend is TkAgg, for example -- unlike some old versions of matplotlib that try to use GTKAgg no matter what). _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
