Re: [Matplotlib-users] use the github version on a linux box

2012-02-08 Thread John Hunter
On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 11:06 AM, Chris plut...@gmail.com wrote: I was trying to test the patch mike put in to fix the single pixel plotting issue, but just realized that this was a Mac version. Can I use it on a linux box? How? These instructions are for an ubuntu based system -- if you are

Re: [Matplotlib-users] use the github version on a linux box

2012-02-08 Thread Chris
Thanks John. Since I already have a running copy of mpl, I skipped to the git clone step, but get this error: Permission denied (publickey). fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly I'm a complete noob on git, so please bear with me. - Chris On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 9:31 AM, John Hunter

Re: [Matplotlib-users] use the github version on a linux box

2012-02-08 Thread John Hunter
On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 11:39 AM, Chris plut...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks John. Since I already have a running copy of mpl, I skipped to the git clone step, but get this error: Permission denied (publickey). fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly I'm a complete noob on git, so please

Re: [Matplotlib-users] use the github version on a linux box

2012-02-08 Thread Chris
This time the error is: fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git I guess that I have not be able to establish a local git tree since the command git clone g...@github.com:matplotlib/matplotlib.git matplotlib.git did not go through. - Chris On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at

Re: [Matplotlib-users] use the github version on a linux box

2012-02-08 Thread Tony Yu
On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 12:58 PM, Chris plut...@gmail.com wrote: This time the error is: fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git I guess that I have not be able to establish a local git tree since the command git clone g...@github.com:matplotlib/matplotlib.git

Re: [Matplotlib-users] use the github version on a linux box

2012-02-08 Thread John Hunter
On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 11:58 AM, Chris plut...@gmail.com wrote: This time the error is: fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git I guess that I have not be able to establish a local git tree since the command git clone g...@github.com:matplotlib/matplotlib.git

Re: [Matplotlib-users] use the github version on a linux box

2012-02-08 Thread John Hunter
On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 12:06 PM, Tony Yu tsy...@gmail.com wrote: git clone g...@github.com:matplotlib/matplotlib.git matplotlib.git did not go through. - Chris I don't think you want the .git at the very end of the clone command. That just tells get where (i.e. new directory) to put the

Re: [Matplotlib-users] use the github version on a linux box

2012-02-08 Thread Chris
New error at `git checkout -b mdboom-pixel_marker v1.1.x': fatal: git checkout: updating paths is incompatible with switching branches. Did you intend to checkout 'v1.1.x' which can not be resolved as commit? - Chris On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 10:13 AM, John Hunter jdh2...@gmail.com wrote: On

Re: [Matplotlib-users] use the github version on a linux box

2012-02-08 Thread Dale Chayes
I interpreted the public key error (as did others) to be an ssh issue. For a publicly readable approach this seems to work: [dhcp-90-166:python/matplotlib/git] dale% git clone git://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib.git Cloning into matplotlib... remote: Counting objects: 57725, done. remote:

Re: [Matplotlib-users] use the github version on a linux box

2012-02-08 Thread Tony Yu
On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 1:20 PM, Chris plut...@gmail.com wrote: New error at `git checkout -b mdboom-pixel_marker v1.1.x': fatal: git checkout: updating paths is incompatible with switching branches. Did you intend to checkout 'v1.1.x' which can not be resolved as commit? - Chris That

Re: [Matplotlib-users] use the github version on a linux box

2012-02-08 Thread Chris
Thanks Tony and JDH, problem resolved and now I can try to compile. - Chris On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 10:41 AM, Tony Yu tsy...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 1:20 PM, Chris plut...@gmail.com wrote: New error at `git checkout -b mdboom-pixel_marker v1.1.x': fatal: git checkout: