Finally I was able to compile mpl with tk following this link:
https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/sage-support/fV2VNL-5UuY%5B1-25%5D
basically you can hack setupext.py by manually change the paths for tcl.h
and tk.h
if tcl.h and tk.h are missing, then you have to install them in advance
On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 2:10 PM, Liang Wang <frank0...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Appears that I have to build my own python with tk/tcl instead of using
> the default python, then rebuild mpl. What a pain.
>
> Like this:
>
> http://shanit.blogspot.com/2011/03/configuring-python-matplotlib-displays.html
>
> On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 11:51 AM, Liang Wang <frank0...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> yes Eric, it was built without tk. But how do I specify the path to the
>> tk lib and headfile? I found them but have no idea how to pass them to the
>> mpl build.
>>
>> Already thankful for your suggestions.
>> On Aug 17, 2012 11:14 AM, "Moore, Eric (NIH/NIDDK) [F]" <
>> eric.moo...@nih.gov> wrote:
>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> *From:* Liang Wang [mailto:frank0...@gmail.com]
>>> *Sent:* Thursday, August 16, 2012 6:50 PM
>>> *To:* Benjamin Root
>>> *Cc:* matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net
>>> *Subject:* Re: [Matplotlib-users] Any available backend for non-root
>>> users?****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> Thank you Ben,****
>>>
>>> I did use -X option upon ssh and I am running linux locally. The DISPLAY
>>> variable is automatically "localhost:17.0", where the number 17 changes for
>>> each login. But Tk would not work even after I export a new value to
>>> DISPLAY like ":0.0". I even tried reinstalling matplotlib (from source or
>>> through easy_install) with both values of DISPLAY but it always warns that
>>> Tk window failed to open. When I try to use TkAgg, it says****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> ...****
>>>
>>> import matplotlib.backends.tkagg as tkagg****
>>>
>>> File
>>> "/ccs/home/lag69/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib-1.1.0-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg/matplotlib/backends/tkagg.py",
>>> line 1, in <module>****
>>>
>>> import _tkagg****
>>>
>>> ImportError: No module named _tkagg****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> So far I haven't solved this problem and I have to generate png files to
>>> view them (I can view them by xview or display of ImageMagick so the x11
>>> forwarding does work) ****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> This is odd, and I almost lost my patient to try. But I still want to
>>> appreciate your generous help, Ben.****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> regards,****
>>>
>>> Liang****
>>>
>>> On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 4:54 PM, Benjamin Root <ben.r...@ou.edu> wrote:*
>>> ***
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 4:26 PM, Liang Wang <frank0...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> ****
>>>
>>> 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****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>>
>>> The Agg backend is always available for non-interactive plotting. In
>>> other words, you won't be able to do a show() call, but you can save to any
>>> of the image formats. The TkAgg backend should also be an option (unless
>>> that python was built without Tk, which is rare). Often, if Tk isn't
>>> working, it is a simple matter of setting your display environment
>>> correctly. Most of the time, simply passing the "-X" option to ssh is
>>> sufficient (assuming you are sshing from a linux box). Otherwise, I think
>>> you have to mess around with your DISPLAY environment variable on the
>>> remote server (I think it is usually ":0.0", but I am no expert on this.
>>>
>>> I hope that helps!
>>> Ben Root****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> You need to install one of the optional backends. In your original
>>> email the output you included is showing “no” for all of the interactive
>>> backends. So somewhere when you’re building mpl, either you don’t have the
>>> right things installed or the build is unable to locate them. Tk wasn’t
>>> found during the build, so no module called _tkagg was built, hence the
>>> import fails as you report in your second email. Your current problem isn’t
>>> with DISPLAY, but with the build. Hopefully someone else can suggest some
>>> appropriate steps to take to solve you build problems, but I’d first check
>>> if your python was built with Tk. ****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> Eric****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
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