Hi everyone. I have trouble to find a usable background on a remote server
where I do not have root privilege. Unfortunately, there is no backend
available:

               Tkinter: no
                        * Using default library and include directories for
                        * Tcl and Tk because a Tk window failed to open.
                        * You may need to define DISPLAY for Tk to work so
                        * that setup can determine where your libraries are
                        * located. Tkinter present, but header files are not
                        * found. You may need to install development
                        * packages.
                  Gtk+: no
                        * Building for Gtk+ requires pygtk; you must be able
                        * to "import gtk" in your build/install environment
       Mac OS X native: no
                    Qt: no
                   Qt4: no
                PySide: no
                 Cairo: no

The output of a simple script is
==================
simple_plot.py:
#
from pylab import *
plot([1,2,3])
show()
#
python simple_plot.py --verbose-helpful > output.txt
==================
$HOME=/ccs/home/user1
CONFIGDIR=/ccs/home/user1/.matplotlib
matplotlib data path
/ccs/home/user1/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib-1.1.0-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg/matplotlib/mpl-data
loaded rc file
/ccs/home/user1/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib-1.1.0-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg/matplotlib/mpl-data/matplotlibrc
matplotlib version 1.1.0
verbose.level helpful
interactive is False
platform is linux2
Using fontManager instance from /ccs/home/user1/.matplotlib/fontList.cache
backend agg version v2.2

When I tried to install pygtk, it requires glib, which is missing, and I
just did not digg further. So, is there any workaround that I can get ANY
backend to work (to show images on screen).


Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated (I really want to get things to
work).

Regards,
Liang





Relevant info is:
output of build:
================
basedirlist is: ['/usr/local', '/usr']
============================================================================
BUILDING MATPLOTLIB
            matplotlib: 1.1.1
                python: 2.7.2 (default, Sep 27 2011, 21:40:17)  [GCC 4.3.4
                        [gcc-4_3-branch revision 152973]]
              platform: linux2

REQUIRED DEPENDENCIES
                 numpy: 1.6.1
             freetype2: 9.18.3

OPTIONAL BACKEND DEPENDENCIES
                libpng: 1.2.31
               Tkinter: no
                        * Using default library and include directories for
                        * Tcl and Tk because a Tk window failed to open.
                        * You may need to define DISPLAY for Tk to work so
                        * that setup can determine where your libraries are
                        * located. Tkinter present, but header files are not
                        * found. You may need to install development
                        * packages.
                  Gtk+: no
                        * Building for Gtk+ requires pygtk; you must be able
                        * to "import gtk" in your build/install environment
       Mac OS X native: no
                    Qt: no
                   Qt4: no
                PySide: no
                 Cairo: no

OPTIONAL DATE/TIMEZONE DEPENDENCIES
              datetime: present, version unknown
              dateutil: 1.5
                  pytz: 2011c

OPTIONAL USETEX DEPENDENCIES
                dvipng: no
           ghostscript: 8.62
                 latex: no
               pdftops: 0.12.3
==================
[Edit setup.cfg to suppress the above messages]
============================================================================
pymods ['pylab']
packages ['matplotlib', 'matplotlib.backends',
'matplotlib.backends.qt4_editor', 'matplotlib.projections',
'matplotlib.testing', 'matplotlib.testing.jpl_units
', 'matplotlib.tests', 'mpl_toolkits', 'mpl_toolkits.mplot3d',
'mpl_toolkits.axes_grid', 'mpl_toolkits.axes_grid1',
'mpl_toolkits.axisartist', 'matplotlib.sph
inxext', 'matplotlib.tri', 'matplotlib.delaunay']
running build
running build_py
creating build
.....

warnings of build
============
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libm.so when searching for -lm
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libm.a when searching for -lm
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libpthread.so when searching
for -lpthread
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libpthread.a when searching for
-lpthread
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libc.so when searching for -lc
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libc.a when searching for -lc
src/_ttconv.cpp: In function 'void initttconv()':
src/_ttconv.cpp:280:15: warning: variable 'm' set but not used
[-Wunused-but-set-variable]
ttconv/pprdrv_tt.cpp: In function 'void Read_name(TTFONT*)':
ttconv/pprdrv_tt.cpp:182:18: warning: variable 'encoding' set but not used
[-Wunused-but-set-variable]
ttconv/pprdrv_tt.cpp:183:9: warning: variable 'language' set but not used
[-Wunused-but-set-variable]
ttconv/pprdrv_tt2.cpp: In member function 'void
GlyphToType3::do_composite(TTStreamWriter&, TTFONT*, unsigned char*)':
ttconv/pprdrv_tt2.cpp:598:12: warning: variable 'xscale' set but not used
[-Wunused-but-set-variable]
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libm.so when searching for -lm
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libm.a when searching for -lm
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libpthread.so when searching
for -lpthread
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libpthread.a when searching for
-lpthread
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libc.so when searching for -lc
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libc.a when searching for -lc
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libpthread.so when searching
for -lpthread
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libpthread.a when searching for
-lpthread
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libc.so when searching for -lc
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libc.a when searching for -lc
lib/matplotlib/delaunay/natneighbors.cpp: In member function 'void
NaturalNeighbors::interpolate_grid(double*, double, double, int, double,
double, int, doubl
e*, double, int)':
lib/matplotlib/delaunay/natneighbors.cpp:265:9: warning: variable 'i' set
but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libm.so when searching for -lm
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libm.a when searching for -lm
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libpthread.so when searching
for -lpthread
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libpthread.a when searching for
-lpthread
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libc.so when searching for -lc
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libc.a when searching for -lc
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libpthread.so when searching
for -lpthread
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libpthread.a when searching for
-lpthread
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libc.so when searching for -lc
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libc.a when searching for -lc
src/path.cpp: In function 'void _add_polygon(Py::List&, const
std::vector<double>&)':
src/path.cpp:1259:58: warning: narrowing conversion of '((&
polygon)->std::vector<_Tp, _Alloc>::size<double, std::allocator<double> >()
/ 2ul)' from 'std::vec
tor<double>::size_type {aka long unsigned int}' to 'npy_intp {aka long
int}' inside { } is ill-formed in C++11 [-Wnarrowing]
src/path.cpp: In function 'void init_path()':
src/path.cpp:1609:26: warning: variable '_path' set but not used
[-Wunused-but-set-variable]
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libm.so when searching for -lm
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libm.a when searching for -lm
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libpthread.so when searching
for -lpthread
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libpthread.a when searching for
-lpthread
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libc.so when searching for -lc
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libc.a when searching for -lc
lib/matplotlib/tri/_tri.cpp: In member function 'void
Triangulation::calculate_edges()':
lib/matplotlib/tri/_tri.cpp:280:39: warning: narrowing conversion of
'edge_set.std::set<_Key, _Compare, _Alloc>::size<Triangulation::Edge,
std::less<Triangula
tion::Edge>, std::allocator<Triangulation::Edge> >()' from
'std::set<Triangulation::Edge>::size_type {aka long unsigned int}' to
'npy_intp {aka long int}' ins
ide { } is ill-formed in C++11 [-Wnarrowing]
lib/matplotlib/tri/_tri.cpp: In member function 'Py::Object
TriContourGenerator::contour_to_segs(const Contour&)':
lib/matplotlib/tri/_tri.cpp:574:39: warning: narrowing conversion of '(&
line)->ContourLine::<anonymous>.std::vector<_Tp, _Alloc>::size<XY,
std::allocator<XY>
 >()' from 'std::vector<XY>::size_type {aka long unsigned int}' to
'npy_intp {aka long int}' inside { } is ill-formed in C++11 [-Wnarrowing]
lib/matplotlib/tri/_tri.cpp: In function 'void init_tri()':
lib/matplotlib/tri/_tri.cpp:993:23: warning: variable 'triModule' set but
not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libm.so when searching for -lm
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libm.a when searching for -lm
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libpthread.so when searching
for -lpthread
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libpthread.a when searching for
-lpthread
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libc.so when searching for -lc
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libc.a when searching for -lc
src/backend_agg.cpp: In member function 'Py::Object
BufferRegion::to_string_argb(const Py::Tuple&)':
src/backend_agg.cpp:151:20: warning: variable 'end' set but not used
[-Wunused-but-set-variable]
src/backend_agg.cpp: In member function 'Py::Object
RendererAgg::draw_quad_mesh(const Py::Tuple&)':
src/backend_agg.cpp:1758:23: warning: variable 'free_edgecolors' set but
not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
src/backend_agg.cpp: In member function 'Py::Object
RendererAgg::write_rgba(const Py::Tuple&)':
src/backend_agg.cpp:1994:10: warning: variable 'close_file' set but not
used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
src/backend_agg.cpp: In function 'void init_backend_agg()':
src/backend_agg.cpp:2416:33: warning: variable '_backend_agg' set but not
used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libm.so when searching for -lm
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libm.a when searching for -lm
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libm.so when searching for -lm
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libm.a when searching for -lm
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libpthread.so when searching
for -lpthread
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libpthread.a when searching for
-lpthread
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libc.so when searching for -lc
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libc.a when searching for -lc
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libm.so when searching for -lm
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libm.a when searching for -lm
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libpthread.so when searching
for -lpthread
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libpthread.a when searching for
-lpthread
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libc.so when searching for -lc
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libc.a when searching for -lc
src/_png.cpp: In function 'void init_png()':
src/_png.cpp:497:25: warning: variable '_png' set but not used
[-Wunused-but-set-variable]
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libm.so when searching for -lm
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libm.a when searching for -lm
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libpthread.so when searching
for -lpthread
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libpthread.a when searching for
-lpthread
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libc.so when searching for -lc
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libc.a when searching for -lc

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