Installing matplotlib on SLC4

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The following assumes that you install the python libraries in your own directory, ~/python-lib in this case. Furthermore, we assume that the packages are unpacked into /tmp for building.

Prerequisites:

• setuptools
• one or more of numpy, Numeric, and numarray

setuptools 0.6c8

• download from here
• unpack it: tar -C /tmp -zxvf setuptools-0.6c8.tar.gz
• do the followiing:

cd /tmp/setuptools-0.6c8
python setup.py install --prefix=~/python-lib

You should find a file ~/python-lib/lib/python2.3/site-packages/setuptools.pth .

numpy 1.0.4

• download numpy-1.0.4.tar.gz from here (or go to the sourceforge.net download page)
• unpack it: tar -C /tmp/ -zxvf numpy-1.0.4.tar.gz
• do the following:

cd /tmp/numpy-1.0.4
python setup.py install --prefix=~/python-lib

• Test the installation by doing:

cd / ; echo 'import numpy' | python ; echo $?

If you get a '0' as a last line of the output (and no python stack trace), the installation should be ok.

matplotlib 0.90.1

• Download matplotlib-0.90.1.tar.gz from here (see this page for choosing another mirror)
• unpack it: tar -C /tmp -zxvf matplotlib-0.90.1.tar.gz
• do the following:

  cd /tmp/matplotlib-0.90.1
  python setup.py --prefix=~/python-lib

• Test the installation by doing:

cd / ; echo 'import matplotlib' | python ; echo $?

If you get a '0' as a last line of the output (and no python stack trace), the installation should be ok.

-- AndreHolzner - 11 Aug 2008