Hi Tim, From what I gather you are trying to install everything from source the trying to install via the dmg. I did a fresh install of python, matplotlib and a number of other packages today (on 10.6) and maybe it would be helpful to see how to install from source. When installing Python, be sure to use --enable-framework. I used a /usr/local prefix though this may be somewhere else for you.
$ wget http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.6.5/Python-2.6.5.tar.bz2 $ tar -jxvf Python-2.6.5.tar.bz2 $ cd Python-2.6.5 $ ./configure --prefix=/usr/local --enable-framework $ make $ make install It appears that you have already installed numpy and so you would also need the following: dateutils $ sudo wget http://labix.org/download/python-dateutil/python-dateutil-1.5.tar.gz $ sudo tar xzf python-dateutil-1.5.tar.gz $ cd python-dateutil-1.5 $ sudo /usr/local/bin/python setup.py install freetype $ http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases-noredirect/freetype/freetype-2.3.12.tar.gz $ sudo tar xzf freetype-2.3.12.tar.gz $ cd freetype-2.3.12 $ sudo ./configure --prefix=/usr/local $ sudo make $ sudo make install libpng $ sudo wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/01-libpng-master/1.4.2/libpng-1.4.2.tar.gz/download $ sudo tar xzf libpng-1.4.2.tar.gz $ cd libpng-1.4.2 $ sudo ./configure --prefix=/usr/local $ sudo make $ sudo make install pkconfig $ sudo wget http://pkgconfig.freedesktop.org/releases/pkg-config-0.22.tar.gz $ sudo tar xzf pkg-config-0.22.tar.gz $ cd pkg-config-0.22 $ sudo ./configure --prefix=/usr/local $ sudo make $ sudo make install Finally, you should be able to install matplotlib from source using, $ sudo wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/matplotlib/files/matplotlib/matplotlib-0.99.3/matplotlib-0.99.3.tar.gz/download $ sudo tar xzf matplotlib-0.99.3.tar.gz $ cd matplotlib-0.99.3 $ sudo /usr/local/bin/python setup.py build $ sudo /usr/local/bin/python setup.py install_* *_ Hopefully this helps. -Adam Richards Duke University ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
