On 28.09.2010, at 17:18, Daniel Johnson wrote: > On Sep 28, 2010, at 10:37 AM, Alexander Lehmann wrote: >> having installed python2.7 and matplotlib-py27 on an OS X 10.6 system >> running 64-bit fink, I just ran into an issue when trying to import the >> pylab module from within python whereupon I get the following error message: >> >>>>> import pylab >> Traceback (most recent call last): >> File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> >> File "/sw64/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pylab.py", line 1, in <module> >> from matplotlib.pylab import * >> File "/sw64/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/pylab.py", line 259, in >> <module> >> from matplotlib.pyplot import * >> File "/sw64/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/pyplot.py", line 95, in >> <module> >> new_figure_manager, draw_if_interactive, show = pylab_setup() >> File "/sw64/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/backends/__init__.py", >> line 25, in pylab_setup >> globals(),locals(),[backend_name]) >> File >> "/sw64/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/backends/backend_macosx.py", >> line 5, in <module> >> import MacOS >> ImportError: No module named MacOS >> >> I haven't messed around with my PYTHONPATH settings or stuff like that which >> makes me think that this may be some package related issue (either python2.7 >> or matplotlib-py27). >> >> Has someone experienced the same problems or does someone know a solid(!) >> work-around? > > There is no MacOS module on 64 bit python since it uses the Carbon framework > which is 32 bit only. > > If you want to use matplotlib, you need to use a 32 bit fink installation.
Thanks for your quick reply! Despite the fact that matplotlib-py27 is in the unstable tree I wonder if this is going to be fixed (if possible at all; looking forward to an appropriate configure switch). I do certainly hope so :) Regards, Alexander ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and start using them to simplify application deployment and accelerate your shift to cloud computing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
