Thanks, I got confused by later posts in the same thread that only said to delete the work fat not the whole -macosx-10.3-fat
That still didn't work completely as the permissions were wrong after the install in /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/ site-packages/matplotlib-0.98.0-py2.5.egg drwx------ 10 root admin 340 Jun 7 14:20 matplotlib-0.98.0- py2.5.egg after chmod ugo+rx matplotlib-0.98.0-py2.5.egg then I could ipython --pylab successfully Thanks On 07 Jun 2008, at 15:09 , Jeff Whitaker wrote: > Samuel M. Smith wrote: >> I am a little confused. It seems the only ones having success >> installing MPL on Leopard are those building from >> source. Is this the recommended way to install. I couldn't get the >> egg >> to install. >> >> > Samuel: There was a recent message (pasted below) on the list from > Vincent Noel that describes a workaround for the Leopard egg problem: > > "If you rename matplotlib-0.98.0-py2.5.egg to > matplotlib-0.98.0-py2.5.egg, > easy_install will install it from the disk. > > I'm not sure why this happens. I've noticed lots of Mac OS X eggs with > cruft at the end of the > filename, which prevents their installation through easy_install. > Renaming is all it takes > to install them; still, it's annoying." > > HTH, > > -Jeff > > > > -- > Jeffrey S. Whitaker Phone : (303)497-6313 > NOAA/OAR/CDC R/PSD1 FAX : (303)497-6449 > 325 Broadway Boulder, CO, USA 80305-3328 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It's the best place to buy or sell services for > just about anything Open Source. > http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users ********************************************************************** Samuel M. Smith Ph.D. 2966 Fort Hill Road Eagle Mountain, Utah 84005-4108 801-768-2768 voice 801-768-2769 fax ********************************************************************** "The greatest source of failure and unhappiness in the world is giving up what we want most for what we want at the moment" ********************************************************************** ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
