Hi, As of my prior post, I was able to get into pythonmac.org.
There I found many of the packages it seems I'll need. I was able to install Numeric and WxPython (I chose the later dmg, v 2.7.1.3) and matplotlib. This site has no Tkinter and no IPython packages. Where do MacPython people go for such things? Meanwhile... If I run python alone and try out pylab, I get the following errors: ---------------- 85 % python Python 2.4.4 (#1, Oct 18 2006, 10:34:39) [GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5341)] on darwin [snip] >>> import pylab >>> pylab.plot([1,2,3],[10,20,30]) /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/site- packages/matplotlib/axes.py:1223: UserWarning: xmax too close to xmin; adjusting warnings.warn("xmax too close to xmin; adjusting") Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Library/Frameworks/ Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/site-packages/matplotlib/ axes.py", line 1227, in set_xlim self.viewLim.intervalx().set_bounds(xmin, xmax) TypeError: only length-1 arrays can be converted to Python scalars. ------------------ I've read elsewhere IPython is the rec'd way to use pylab b/c it sets up some needed things like an extra thread. As a temporary hack, I added a symlink to /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/ lib/python2.4/site-packages that points to the macports IPython install I'd done previously. This seems to work (ipython runs). However, when I do: ------------------- 4 % ipython -pylab /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/site- packages/IPython/Shell.py:709: DeprecationWarning: The wxPython compatibility package is no longer automatically generated or activly maintained. Please switch to the wx package as soon as possible. import wxPython.wx as wx Python 2.4.4 (#1, Oct 18 2006, 10:34:39) Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. [snikp] IPython 0.7.2 -- An enhanced Interactive Python. Welcome to pylab, a matplotlib-based Python environment. For more information, type 'help(pylab)'. In [1]: from pylab import * In [2]: plot([1,2,3]) [snip] exceptions.MemoryError Traceback (most recent call last) [snip] /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/site- packages/matplotlib/backends/backend_wx.py in _onPaint(self, evt) MemoryError: _wxagg.convert_agg_to_wx_bitmap(): could not create the wx.Bitmap > /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/ site-packages/matplotlib/backends/backend_wxagg.py(63)draw() 62 ---> 63 self.bitmap = _convert_agg_to_wx_bitmap (self.get_renderer(), None) 64 if repaint: ---------- The initial warning implies the MacPython stuff isn't happy with macport's IPython's. I'm confused as to how to proceed. Advice greatly appreciated. --b _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig