Matplotlib installation problems

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I need to install matplotlib in a remote linux machine, and I am a normal user there.

I downlodad the source and run

python setup.py build

but I get errors, related with numpy, which is not installed, so I decieded to install it first. I download and compile with

python setup.py build

My question now is, how do I tell to teh matplotlib installation where the numpy files have been installed?

Thanks

matplotlib should be able to find numpy once it's installed correctly (since it goes into lib/site-packages) ? If it does not, which error message do you get? — ChristopheD
– ChristopheD, Commented Mar 16, 2010 at 10:14
Have you actually tried to install numpy? "build" just... builds it, but doesn't actually installs it somewhere usable by Python (and so, undetectable for matplotlib) — Ricardo Cárdenes
– Ricardo Cárdenes, Commented Mar 16, 2010 at 12:00
sorry, i did not explain it correctly. my questions reduces to: after i build numpy, and as I am a normal user, I can install it onto some directory. afterwards, how do i tell matplotlib where numpy nas been installed? — Open the way
– Open the way, Commented Mar 16, 2010 at 12:20
What is the actual problem you are having? You can't import numpy??? — Andriy Drozdyuk
– Andriy Drozdyuk, Commented Mar 16, 2010 at 15:16

WombatPM · Accepted Answer · 2010-03-16 14:47:19Z

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Since you are a user and not root on the remote machine, it may be that your environement is not configured correctly. Check that you can load numpy from the interperter.

import numpy

If that fails, you may need to add its installed location to sys.path

import sys sys.path.append("\user\local\numpy") import numpy

Once you know where it is and can get it to load in the interperter, you can modify your site.py to add the path automatically.

answered Mar 16, 2010 at 14:47

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Mark · Accepted Answer · 2010-03-16 13:51:36Z

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Hmm, I wonder if you just need the numpy directory in PYTHONPATH before executing the installer.

export PYTHONPATH="/path/to/numpy"

Then run the build command.

answered Mar 16, 2010 at 13:51

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