belinda thom wrote: > I had thought perhaps: > > easy_install -editable matplotlib-0.87.7-py2.4.egg-info/ > > would do the trick, but it complains: > > error: No urls, filenames, or requirements specified (see --help)
And the appropriate form for this command is the following: [src]$ easy_install --editable -b . matplotlib Searching for matplotlib Reading http://www.python.org/pypi/matplotlib/ Reading http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net Reading http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=80706&package_id=82474 Reading http://www.python.org/pypi/matplotlib/0.87.7 Best match: matplotlib 0.87.7 Downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/matplotlib/matplotlib-0.87.7.tar.gz?modtime=1161866270&big_mirror=0 Processing matplotlib-0.87.7.tar.gz Extracted editable version of matplotlib to ./matplotlib If it uses setuptools in its setup script, you can activate it in "development" mode by going to that directory and running:: /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/Resources/Python.app/Contents/MacOS/Python setup.py develop See the setuptools documentation for the "develop" command for more info. -- Robert Kern "I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth." -- Umberto Eco _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
