Robert, You are incredible! Triple Thanks!
Will begin trying some of this stuff as soon as I've dealt w/hotter fires. --b On Jan 7, 2007, at 10:49 PM, Robert Kern wrote: > belinda thom wrote: > >> There's other reasons --- mostly curiousity driven --- that motivate >> me to try a "rawer" (e.g. source, non-pkg based) install: >> >> 1) My current kludge only supports TkAgg, so I can't play w/the wx >> backend at all. Have no idea why >> 2) My current kludge only works w/numpy; under Numeric, matplotlib >> plotting dies. >> 3) If I used the numpy/scipy bundles from http://www.macpython.org/, >> I'd get the C API error Sebastian was originally talking about. I >> have no idea how to fix this. > > The way to "fix" it is to use or build binaries of scipy and > matplotlib that > were compiled against the same version of numpy that you have > installed. > > * Make sure that you have the latest version of XCode available for > your system. > I believe this is 2.4.1 right now. > > http://developer.apple.com/tools/download/ > > * Install a FORTRAN compiler suitable for your system. For a > Universal build of > Python, you will need gfortran. Get binaries from here: > > http://hpc.sourceforge.net/ > > For PowerPC: > > http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/hpc/gfortran-bin.tar.gz?download > > For Intel: > > http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/hpc/gfortran-intel-bin.tar.gz? > download > > Install them according to the instructions on that page. > > * Get the source code for numpy. The latest release is 1.0.1 and > would be a good > bet. > > http://downloads.sourceforge.net/numpy/numpy-1.0.1.tar.gz > > * Unpack it and cd to the source directory in the Terminal. > > * Run the setup script to build and install numpy. > > $ python setup.py build > $ python setup.py install > > Depending on how you've set up permissions inside the Python > framework and > wherever you've configured scripts to be installed to, you might > need to issue > the last command with root permissions using sudo. > > * Get the source code for scipy. The latest release is 0.5.2 and > would be a good > bet. > > http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/scipy/scipy-0.5.2.tar.gz > > * Unpack it and cd to the source directory in the Terminal. > > * Run the setup script to build and install scipy. Be sure to use > the following > command line arguments to ensure that your FORTRAN compiler is > picked up correctly. > > $ python setup.py build_src build_clib --fcompiler=gnu95 build_ext > --fcompiler=gnu95 build > $ python setup.py install > > As with numpy, the latter command might need to be run with root > permissions. > > > matplotlib is trickier because it has more external dependencies. I > suggest you > ask on the matplotlib list for more information, but this is what I > do: > > * I install the appropriate wxPython binary. I'm currently using > the wxPython > 2.6 series since 2.8 is so new; I'm not sure if matplotlib works > with it. > Depending on your Python version, use one of these: > > http://downloads.sourceforge.net/wxpython/wxPython2.6-osx- > unicode-2.6.3.3-universal10.4-py2.4.dmg > http://downloads.sourceforge.net/wxpython/wxPython2.6-osx- > unicode-2.6.3.3-universal10.4-py2.5.dmg > > * I use MacPorts to install the other dependencies. > > $ sudo port install libjpeg > $ sudo port install libpng > $ sudo port install libfreetype > > * Now, get the matplotlib source. The latest release is 0.87.7 and > is a good bet. > > http://downloads.sourceforge.net/matplotlib/matplotlib-0.87.7.tar.gz > > * Unpack it and cd to the source directory in the Terminal. > > * In order to tell matplotlib where to find the MacPorts libraries, > you need to > edit setupext.py: > > Index: setupext.py > =================================================================== > --- setupext.py (revision 2861) > +++ setupext.py (working copy) > @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ > 'linux2' : ['/usr/local', '/usr',], > 'linux' : ['/usr/local', '/usr',], > 'cygwin' : ['/usr/local', '/usr',], > - 'darwin' : ['/sw/lib/freetype2', '/sw/lib/freetype219', '/usr/ > local', > + 'darwin' : ['/opt/local', '/usr/local', > '/usr', '/sw'], > 'freebsd4' : ['/usr/local', '/usr'], > 'freebsd5' : ['/usr/local', '/usr'], > > > * Now just build and install like any other Python package. > > $ python setup.py build > $ python setup.py install > > -- > 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 > _______________________________________________ > Numpy-discussion mailing list > Numpy-discussion@scipy.org > http://projects.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion _______________________________________________ Numpy-discussion mailing list Numpy-discussion@scipy.org http://projects.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
