One of the cool things about Debian-esque distros is you can say: apt-get build-dep python-matplotlib
which will install all of the build dependencies for matplotlib. It will download a lot, but if bandwidth/disk space is not an issue, it's nicely automated. That's one of the first things I do on any new Ubuntu or Debian install -- and then I check out matplotlib from source or SVN and build with no problems. Cheers, Mike bollweevil wrote: > sudo apt-get install python-matplotlib > #This only gets matplotlib-0.91 > > I have tried downloading the matplotlib-0.98.5.2.tar.gz, but it requires an > incredibly large number of prerequisites, and each of the prerequisites > requires prerequisites, and I have now wasted hours on this. > > Please help me install matplotlib-0.98 on Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron. I know > that there is an apt-get package to install matplotlib-0.98 on Ubuntu > Jaunty, but I don't know how to use it on Hardy. > > Thanks. > -- Michael Droettboom Science Software Branch Operations and Engineering Division Space Telescope Science Institute Operated by AURA for NASA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
