Installing (build) matplotlib in mac osx lion
matplotlib, osx-lion, python
Solution
I always find this process more painful than it should be, but I've done it a few times now and I believe that these steps should get you set up:
- Get Xcode 4.3.2, it's required for some of the later steps.
- Download the latest version of python for OSX from python.org
- Grab the Scipy superpack.
- Uninstall any previous versions of numpy/matplotlib/scipy that you currently have. That includes doing `cd /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/` and moving any numpy/matplotlib/scipy directories or eggs into a temp directory.
- `cd ~/Downloads`(or wherever you downloaded the superpack script to) and run `sh install_superpack.sh`. Answer no to the question `are you installing from a repository cloned to this machine` or you'll be confused about why the script keeps failing.
That should be it! You should now be able to boot up the python console and `import numpy, scipy, matplotlib`.
Problem
I installed pynum and scipy (on osx Lion with python 2.7), but when I tried to build matplotlib ``` git clone https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib.git cd matplotlib python setup.py build python setup.py install ``` I've got these errors: ``` /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Frameworks/ATS.framework/Headers/ATSTypes.h:242: error: declaration for parameter ‘FMFontDirectoryFilter’ but no such parameter src/_macosx.m:5912: error: expected ‘{’ at end of input lipo: can't open input file: /var/folders/qw/pr2f7vq91b3c3ngkxrrqplm8zkv09r/T//ccAgEklo.out (No such file or directory) error: command 'llvm-gcc-4.2' failed with exit status 1 ``` Could somebody please tell me what is the problem? P.S. At first I tried to install it in this way: ``` pip install -e git+https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib#egg=matplotlib-dev ``` but it does not worked for me