Hi, I'm having trouble getting pyplot and pylab to work on my Mac v.10.4.11 (Tiger). I've tried searching in both google and different macusers forums, but haven't found an answer to my problems. If I have overlooked a webpage please send me a link to the solution.
To download matplotlib I have downloaded the dmg package from the official matplotlib page http://sourceforge.net/projects/matplotlib/files/matplotlib/matplotlib-1.0/http://sourceforge.net/projects/matplotlib/files/matplotlib/matplotlib-1.0/ and it seems to install fine. However, I cannot use neither pyplot nor pylab: [kariannelap:~] karianne% python Python 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Feb 22 2008, 07:57:53) [GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5363)] on darwin Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import matplotlib as mpl >>> import mpl.pyplot Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> ImportError: No module named mpl.pyplot >>> import mpl.pylab Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> ImportError: No module named mpl.pylab >>> import pylab Bus error I tried the clean rebuild and reinstall described on this page: http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/faq/installing_faq.html#cleanly-rebuild-and-reinstall-everything and re-installed without any change. So then I tried deleting all matplotlib and pylab files and dirs and re-installed, again without results. I also tried this installation method without success easy_install matplotlib Processing matplotlib error: Not a recognized archive type: matplotlib Some more info: [kariannelap:~] karianne% uname -a Darwin karianneholhjem.local 8.11.1 Darwin Kernel Version 8.11.1: Wed Oct 10 18:23:28 PDT 2007; root:xnu -792.25.20~1/RELEASE_I386 i386 i386 [kariannelap:~] karianne% python -c 'import matplotlib; print matplotlib.__version__' 1.0.0 Regarding the matplotlibrc file I have tried both the default backend : TkAgg as well as backend : WxAgg since some webpages indicated that might be a problem. Finally, I wrote a little script called bla.py import matplotlib as mpl import mpl.pyplot import mpl.pylab and ran it [kariannelap:~] karianne% python bla.py --verbose-helpful $HOME=/Users/karianne CONFIGDIR=/Users/karianne/.matplotlib matplotlib data path /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matpl otlib/mpl-data loaded rc file /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/ mpl-data/matplotlibrc matplotlib version 1.0.0 verbose.level helpful interactive is False units is False platform is darwin Traceback (most recent call last): File "bla.py", line 2, in <module> import mpl.pyplot ImportError: No module named mpl.pyplot When commenting out line 2 in the scrip this is the output I got: $HOME=/Users/karianne CONFIGDIR=/Users/karianne/.matplotlib matplotlib data path /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matpl otlib/mpl-data loaded rc file /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/ mpl-data/matplotlibrc matplotlib version 1.0.0 verbose.level helpful interactive is False units is False platform is darwin Traceback (most recent call last): File "bla.py", line 3, in <module> import mpl.pylab ImportError: No module named mpl.pylab Can someone please tell me what I am doing wrong or which files I should delete to make this work? I have had bad experiences with fink so I prefer not using it. cheers, Karianne ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
