For future reference for someone else that finds this: I installed a newer libpng from http://ethan.tira-thompson.com/Mac_OS_X_Ports.html and Spyder starts without errors now. In my limited testing, plotting works now.
On Saturday, May 18, 2013 1:16:17 PM UTC-6, Dominik Schneider wrote: > > Bummer. but thanks for the info. > > On Saturday, May 18, 2013 1:11:16 PM UTC-6, Carlos Córdoba wrote: >> >> Hi Dominik, >> >> The problem is very simple: Our app only works with OSX 10.7 and 10.8, >> not 10.6, which is the version you have. >> >> As you correctly guessed, this is an issue between matplotlib and X11. >> The Matplotlib version in the app requires libpng 1.5, and the last X11 >> version for 10.6 comes with libpng 1.2. >> >> I'm sorry we don't have anymore support for 10.6 but I've monitored the >> download counts from previous versions and they were very low. >> >> Cheers, >> Carlos >> >> El 18/05/13 13:53, Dominik Schneider escribió: >> >> Hi, >> I only have standard apple python installed otherwise. I was under the >> impression that Spyder.app came with what it needed and it seems to think >> so based on the paths it was searching (in the error message). But I could >> be wrong. I"m still getting a handle on all the different python >> installations and tools. Could it be an X11 issue? >> >> On Thursday, May 16, 2013 6:04:01 AM UTC-6, David wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Do you have the same issue in any other python shell, outside spyder? If >>> so, than it seems this is an Matplotlib issue. Are you sure have all the >>> matplotlib dependencies installed, including libpng? Some random stuff a >>> search gave me: >>> >>> http://telliott99.blogspot.dk/2011/07/matplotlib-on-os-x-lion-revised.html >>> http://penandpants.com/2012/03/01/install-python-2/ >>> >>> Not sure if that helped (I don't have a Mac)...anyway, I tried :-) >>> >>> Regards, >>> David >>> >>> >>> On 15 May 2013 05:08, Dominik Schneider <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, I just installed Spyder having never used python before. I'm on >>>> OSX.6.8. I opened Spyder and saw this error message in the console. >>>> matplotlib is one of the packages I came to python for so I want to figure >>>> this out. Can someone help sort this for me? Thanks >>>> >>>> Python 2.7.3 (default, Jul 24 2012, 20:20:13) >>>> [GCC 4.2.1 (Based on Apple Inc. build 5658) (LLVM build 2336.9.00)] on >>>> darwin >>>> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>>> Traceback (most recent call last): >>>> File >>>> "/Applications/Spyder.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python2.7/spyderlib/scientific_startup.py", >>>> >>>> line 16, in <module> >>>> from pylab import * #analysis:ignore >>>> File "pylab.pyc", line 1, in <module> >>>> File >>>> "/Applications/Spyder.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python2.7/matplotlib/pylab.py", >>>> >>>> line 222, in <module> >>>> from matplotlib import mpl # pulls in most modules >>>> File >>>> "/Applications/Spyder.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python2.7/matplotlib/mpl.py", >>>> >>>> line 2, in <module> >>>> from matplotlib import axis >>>> File >>>> "/Applications/Spyder.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python2.7/matplotlib/axis.py", >>>> >>>> line 14, in <module> >>>> import matplotlib.text as mtext >>>> File >>>> "/Applications/Spyder.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python2.7/matplotlib/text.py", >>>> >>>> line 29, in <module> >>>> from matplotlib.backend_bases import RendererBase >>>> File >>>> "/Applications/Spyder.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python2.7/matplotlib/backend_bases.py", >>>> >>>> line 47, in <module> >>>> import matplotlib.textpath as textpath >>>> File >>>> "/Applications/Spyder.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python2.7/matplotlib/textpath.py", >>>> >>>> line 11, in <module> >>>> from matplotlib.mathtext import MathTextParser >>>> File >>>> "/Applications/Spyder.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python2.7/matplotlib/mathtext.py", >>>> >>>> line 61, in <module> >>>> import matplotlib._png as _png >>>> ImportError: >>>> dlopen(/Applications/Spyder.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python2.7/matplotlib/_png.so, >>>> >>>> 2): Library not loaded: /usr/X11/lib/libpng15.15.dylib >>>> Referenced from: >>>> /Applications/Spyder.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python2.7/matplotlib/_png.so >>>> Reason: image not found >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "spyder" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/spyderlib?hl=en. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "spyder" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/spyderlib?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "spyder" group. 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