On 22/08/2011, at 5:36, Benjamin Root wrote: > Ok, there has been a lot of useful discussion (for both MacOSX and Windows), > but in the end, I want to know this: Is it possible for matplotlib to provide > a single, recommended, fully-supported-by-us method for installing our > package (possibly for each platform?). Could it be pip? Or some other option? > > It is kinda sad that the linux install instructions are easier than the other > platform instructions, and I don't think we even provide a linux installer.
It's pretty easy using MacPorts (thank you MacPorts maintainers :) sudo port install py27-matplotlib Obviously that doesn't help when building a dev version, although you can build out of tree ports. -- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EMC VNX: the world's simplest storage, starting under $10K The only unified storage solution that offers unified management Up to 160% more powerful than alternatives and 25% more efficient. Guaranteed. http://p.sf.net/sfu/emc-vnx-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
