Re: [Matplotlib-users] problems building/installing

2007-04-10 Thread Christopher Barker
Stephen Uhlhorn wrote: > I have experimented with every conceivable python/numpy/mpl > permutation on mac os and I will second Chris Barker's recommendation. > Use the pythonmac.org packages with the wx backend. Choose whichever > version of wx and python that is best supported my the mpl version.

Re: [Matplotlib-users] problems building/installing

2007-04-10 Thread Stephen Uhlhorn
Hello Simon- I have experimented with every conceivable python/numpy/mpl permutation on mac os and I will second Chris Barker's recommendation. Use the pythonmac.org packages with the wx backend. Choose whichever version of wx and python that is best supported my the mpl version. I use mpl v 0.87

Re: [Matplotlib-users] problems building/installing

2007-04-06 Thread Tim Hirzel
oops, my bad. thanks for the correction. t Robert Kern wrote: > Tim Hirzel wrote: > >> Its a little tough right now that os x doesn't have one python >> install to rule them all. >> > > Yes it does. > > http://www.python.org/download/ > > --

Re: [Matplotlib-users] problems building/installing

2007-04-04 Thread Christopher Barker
Simson Garfinkel wrote: > I'm embarrassed to ask that I'm having trouble building/installing > matplotlib on an intel Mac. Don't be embarassed -- it's really pretty hard! All the various pythons (Universal, fink, darwinports, etc) for OS-X confuse things a lot, but I think you'll get the best

Re: [Matplotlib-users] problems building/installing

2007-04-04 Thread Robert Kern
Tim Hirzel wrote: > Its a little tough right now that os x doesn't have one python > install to rule them all. Yes it does. http://www.python.org/download/ -- 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 attem

Re: [Matplotlib-users] problems building/installing

2007-04-04 Thread Tim Hirzel
My understanding is that currently the best way to get all these packages (wxpython, matplotlib, numpy, etc) running together on os x is via these packages: http://pythonmac.org/packages/ at least, I can say for sure that the 2.5 builds worked without a hitch for me. Its a little tough right n

Re: [Matplotlib-users] problems building/installing

2007-04-04 Thread Simson Garfinkel
Alas, tried the easy_install matplotlib. It downloaded and installed matplotlib, but didn't install wx, so I got this error: >>> from pylab import *; Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/ python2.5/site-packag

Re: [Matplotlib-users] problems building/installing

2007-04-04 Thread Edin Salkovic
On 4/4/07, Simson Garfinkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2. How do I install an EGG file? For detailed instructions about eggs see: http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/EasyInstall Quick instructions: Download: http://peak.telecommunity.com/dist/ez_setup.py and run it. then run easy_install m

[Matplotlib-users] problems building/installing

2007-04-04 Thread Simson Garfinkel
I'm embarrassed to ask that I'm having trouble building/installing matplotlib on an intel Mac. The version at http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/ wants to give me an .egg file for my Mac, and I have yet to figure out how to load and install .egg files. (How come python is such a mess?) So I