Re: [Matplotlib-users] installing numpy, matplotlib, scipy from source on a Mac

2007-01-11 Thread belinda thom
> PPS: Belinda, now that you've done all this work, I do hope you can > go the extra mile and figure out how to make a binary package of it > all for others! I certainly would like to to do this, but its gonna have to wait until after TheCurrentCrisis alleviates. Hopefully before Feb (in the

Re: [Matplotlib-users] installing numpy, matplotlib, scipy from source on a Mac

2007-01-11 Thread Robert Kern
Christopher Barker wrote: > The MPL build system uses a nifty utility that comes with wx called > wx-config to find the wx libs. However, Apple delivered an old version > of wxPython with it's Python2.3. By default, the MPL build find the old > wx-config, and you end up building the wxAgg back-

Re: [Matplotlib-users] installing numpy, matplotlib, scipy from source on a Mac

2007-01-11 Thread Christopher Barker
belinda thom wrote: > reports no differences. So, I went back and retried the plotting w/wx as > a backend and discovered that wx FAILS with PYTHONW and PYTHON (appended). That's what I expected. > If you saw how many notes I've collected on the different installs I've > tried you'd laugh (exc

Re: [Matplotlib-users] installing numpy, matplotlib, scipy from source on a Mac

2007-01-10 Thread Robert Kern
belinda thom wrote: > Hi, > > On Jan 10, 2007, at 5:56 PM, Robert Kern wrote: > >> belinda thom wrote: >>> I went back and retried the plotting w/wx >>> as a backend and discovered that wx FAILS with PYTHONW and PYTHON >>> (appended). >> Okay, what version of wxPython did you install? What versio

Re: [Matplotlib-users] installing numpy, matplotlib, scipy from source on a Mac

2007-01-10 Thread belinda thom
Hi, On Jan 10, 2007, at 5:56 PM, Robert Kern wrote: > belinda thom wrote: >> I went back and retried the plotting w/wx >> as a backend and discovered that wx FAILS with PYTHONW and PYTHON >> (appended). > > Okay, what version of wxPython did you install? What version of > wxPython is > actually

Re: [Matplotlib-users] installing numpy, matplotlib, scipy from source on a Mac

2007-01-10 Thread Robert Kern
belinda thom wrote: > I went back and retried the plotting w/wx > as a backend and discovered that wx FAILS with PYTHONW and PYTHON > (appended). Okay, what version of wxPython did you install? What version of wxPython is actually imported (check wx.__version__)? (And we can leave off numpy-d

Re: [Matplotlib-users] installing numpy, matplotlib, scipy from source on a Mac

2007-01-10 Thread belinda thom
Hi Chris, Robert, ...?, I'm glad you reminded me to make sure the path was right, b/c this time, I had forgotten to run the "Update Shell" command that came w/ MacPython2.4. This gave me: lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 67 Jan 7 14:29 /usr/local/bin/pydoc@ - > ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.fram

Re: [Matplotlib-users] installing numpy, matplotlib, scipy from source on a Mac

2007-01-10 Thread Christopher Barker
Robert Kern wrote: > Try running with pythonw. That's probably not it -- as of MacPython 2.4, pythonw ands python are the same. belinda thom wrote: > And running w/pythonw does what it should :-). OK, now I'm confused: $ ls -l /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/bin/python2.4

Re: [Matplotlib-users] installing numpy, matplotlib, scipy from source on a Mac

2007-01-10 Thread Robert Kern
belinda thom wrote: > Robert, > >> Try running with pythonw. > > Do you know how to fix this in IDLE (it must be using python as > opposed to pythonw somehow). I'm afraid that I don't know enough about IDLE to help you. -- Robert Kern "I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigm

Re: [Matplotlib-users] installing numpy, matplotlib, scipy from source on a Mac

2007-01-10 Thread Robert Kern
John Hunter wrote: >> "Robert" == Robert Kern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Robert> Personally, I think the warnings are a bit overzealous and > Robert> should be silenced. It's not as if the user is explicitly > Robert> telling the font manager to load those specific > Robe

Re: [Matplotlib-users] installing numpy, matplotlib, scipy from source on a Mac

2007-01-10 Thread belinda thom
Robert, > Try running with pythonw. Do you know how to fix this in IDLE (it must be using python as opposed to pythonw somehow). Thanks again for all your help, --b - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT J

Re: [Matplotlib-users] installing numpy, matplotlib, scipy from source on a Mac

2007-01-10 Thread belinda thom
Thanks. And running w/pythonw does what it should :-). On Jan 10, 2007, at 12:16 PM, John Hunter wrote: >> "Robert" == Robert Kern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Robert> Personally, I think the warnings are a bit overzealous and > Robert> should be silenced. It's not as if the use

Re: [Matplotlib-users] installing numpy, matplotlib, scipy from source on a Mac

2007-01-10 Thread John Hunter
> "Robert" == Robert Kern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Robert> Personally, I think the warnings are a bit overzealous and Robert> should be silenced. It's not as if the user is explicitly Robert> telling the font manager to load those specific Robert> fonts. They are automatica

Re: [Matplotlib-users] installing numpy, matplotlib, scipy from source on a Mac

2007-01-10 Thread Robert Kern
belinda thom wrote: > I am posting this message to both numpy and matplotlib mailing lists > because the thread relates to both. Actually, it's really only relevant to matplotlib. > However, after installing wx and matplotlib, various problems result: > > 1) warnings about fonts > 2) wx fails

Re: [Matplotlib-users] installing numpy, matplotlib, scipy from source on a Mac

2007-01-10 Thread belinda thom
I am posting this message to both numpy and matplotlib mailing lists because the thread relates to both. First, Robert Kern kindly provided step-by-step instructions for Macs (PPCs and Intels) regarding how to install FROM SOURCE the packages needed to allow Python to become a viable alterna