Thanks John. Since I already have a running copy of mpl, I skipped to the git clone step, but get this error:
Permission denied (publickey). fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly I'm a complete noob on git, so please bear with me. - Chris On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 9:31 AM, John Hunter <jdh2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 11:06 AM, Chris <plut...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I was trying to test the patch mike put in to fix the single pixel >> plotting issue, but just realized that this was a Mac version. Can I >> use it on a linux box? How? > > > These instructions are for an ubuntu based system -- if you are on a > different version of linux you may need different commands to install git > and the mpl build dependencies > > # install git to checkout the mpl src code > sudo apt-get install git > > # install the pre-reqs to build matplotlib from source > sudo apt-get build-dep python-matplotlib > > # get the latest released branch of matplotlib > git clone g...@github.com:matplotlib/matplotlib.git matplotlib.git > > # cd into the matplotlib directory and create a branch off of the release > branch to test > cd matplotlib.git > git checkout -b mdboom-pixel_marker v1.1.x > > # pull in Michael's changes > git pull https://github.com/mdboom/matplotlib.git pixel_marker > > # build the matplotlib source code > python setup.py build > > # install it > sudo python setup.py install ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
