Installation question:
The import pylab command reports an error. See bold below for details. What
installation step(s) am I missing?
Thanks!
# uname -a
Linux SESB01-RE01 2.6.18-92.el5 #1 SMP Tue Jun 10 18:51:06 EDT 2008 x86_64
x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
#!/usr/bin/python
# File: mp_versions.py
import matplotlib
import numpy
import matplotlib as mpl
print "matplotlib version = " + matplotlib.__version__
print "matplotlib file = " + matplotlib.__file__
print "numpy version = " + numpy.__version__
print "mpl.get_configdir = " + mpl.get_configdir()
import pylab
# mp_versions.py
matplotlib version = 0.99.1.1
matplotlib file = /usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/matplotlib/__init__.pyc
numpy version = 1.2.1
mpl.get_configdir = /root/.matplotlib
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./mp_versions.py", line 12, in ?
import pylab
File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/pylab.py", line 1, in ?
from matplotlib.pylab import *
File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/matplotlib/pylab.py", line 247, in ?
from matplotlib.pyplot import *
File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/matplotlib/pyplot.py", line 78, in ?
new_figure_manager, draw_if_interactive, show = pylab_setup()
File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/matplotlib/backends/__init__.py",
line 25, in pylab_setup
globals(),locals(),[backend_name])
File
"/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/matplotlib/backends/backend_gtkagg.py",
line 10, in ?
from matplotlib.backends.backend_gtk import gtk, FigureManagerGTK,
FigureCanvasGTK,\
File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/matplotlib/backends/backend_gtk.py",
line 8, in ?
import gtk; gdk = gtk.gdk
File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gtk/__init__.py", line 76,
in ?
_init()
File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gtk/__init__.py", line 64,
in _init
_gtk.init_check()
RuntimeError: could not open display
# ipython
Python 2.4.3 (#1, May 24 2008, 13:57:05)
Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
IPython 0.8.4 -- An enhanced Interactive Python.
? -> Introduction and overview of IPython's features.
%quickref -> Quick reference.
help -> Python's own help system.
object? -> Details about 'object'. ?object also works, ?? prints more.
Installation steps:
# rpm -ivh refblas3-3.0-11.2.x86_64.rpm lapack3-3.0-19.2.x86_64.rpm
# rpm -ivh python-dateutil-1.2-1.el5.noarch.rpm pytz-2006p-1.el5.noarch.rpm
# rpm -ivh python-setuptools-0.6c5-2.el5.noarch.rpm
# rpm -ivh python-nose-0.10.4-1.el5.noarch.rpm
# rpm -ivh atlas-3.8.3-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
# rpm -ivh numpy-1.2.1-2.el5.x86_64.rpm
# rpm -ivh python-matplotlib-0.99.1.2-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
# rpm -ivh ipython-0.8.4-1.el5.noarch.rpm
Location of RPMs:
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/ashigabou/CentOS_5/x86_64/
http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=python-dateutil
http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/epel/5/ppc/pytz-2006p-1.el5.noarch.html
http://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/epel/testing/5/ppc/python-nose-0.10.4-1.el5.noarch.html
http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat/4/idpl/12391980/com/atlas-3.8.3-1.el5.x86_64.rpm.html
http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=numpy
http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=python-matplotlib
http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat/4/idpl/9548551/com/ipython-0.8.4-1.el5.noarch.rpm.html
Gary
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