Re: [Matplotlib-users] Pb with setupext.py - nonstandard installation of python and tk

2008-02-25 Thread BL
Thanks for the reply, It was not a problem with the specific python I used. In fact I have a problem because the Tcl/Tk libraries were in /usr/share/lib whereas their include files were in /usr/include. In my case, I used the debian package tkx8.3-dev which does not follow that idiom ( I don't kn

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Pb with setupext.py - nonstandard installation of python and tk

2008-02-25 Thread Michael Droettboom
You may want to confirm that the python use use to build matplotlib is the intended one (in your home). As a first try, matplotlib's setup will import Tkinter and grab the include paths from there. By this I mean when you type: python setup.py install that "python" is the specific python

[Matplotlib-users] Pb with setupext.py - nonstandard installation of python and tk

2008-02-23 Thread BL
Hi, I've got difficulties to make a local installation of matplotlib. I think it's due to my nonstandard installation of python and tk, which both are in my home. I've seen on the website that , for non standard installation, I should complete the basedir dictionary defined in the setupext.py