How to install matplotlib on OS X?
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00:00 How To Install Matplotlib On Os X?
01:20 Accepted Answer Score 12
01:33 Answer 2 Score 17
01:51 Answer 3 Score 3
02:18 Answer 4 Score 3
02:43 Thank you
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ANSWER 1
Score 17
The problem is that when the C extensions are compiled, required headers files aren't in the search path, and when they're being linked, shared libraries aren't in the search path either.
The following worked for me:
export LDFLAGS="-L/usr/X11/lib"
export CFLAGS="-I/usr/X11/include -I/usr/X11/include/freetype2 -I/usr/X11/include/libpng12"
pip install matplotlib-1.0.1.tar.gz
ACCEPTED ANSWER
Score 12
The simple answer is: You need to have pkg-info installed or else setup.py won't be able to find installed libraries.
ANSWER 3
Score 3
I followed this page's instructions. I got stuck at
pip install -e git+https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib#egg=matplotlib-dev
Then I did:
git clone https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib.git
cd matplotlib
python setup.py build
python setup.py install
Checked my installation by typing in terminal:
python
import matplotlib
print matplotlib.__version__
print matplotlib.__file__
I got version 1.1.0 (as of this writing) and path /usr/local/Cellar/...
ANSWER 4
Score 3
Altneratively, you could use MacPorts or Fink. With MacPorts this would be
sudo port install py27-matplotlib
which resolves the dependencies automatically.
Personally I used Macports to install python2.7 with matplotlib and it seems to works fine on 10.7. Fink is in the process of upgrading their internals to work with the new 10.7 build system.