.87.3 intall problems

thanks for all the help, it's working now. That wasn't even

    > too bad. FWIW, I did download the latest .matplotlibrc
    > file off the web at :

    > http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/matplotlibrc

    > It is currently out of date as it contains: ### IMAGES
    > image.aspect : free # free | preserve

Hey Danny,

Thanks for the tip -- I updated the web page

JDH