Hi Tim,
From what I gather you are trying to install everything from source the
trying to install via the dmg. I did a fresh install of python,
matplotlib and a number of other packages today (on 10.6) and maybe it
would be helpful to see how to install from source. When installing
Python,
I have had a similar problem to you. If you save a plot in vector (svg)
format then turn it into a pdf then all parts of the plot are saved as
individual layers and the file can take a long time to load -- say from
within in a LaTex pdf. One option is to save the file in a raster
format (*.jpg, *
