can't build matplotlib with easy_install

Hi all,

I'm trying to install matplotlib with easy_install but fails when building:

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└┌(%:~/sandbox/virtualenvs/matplotlibenv)┌- easy_install matplotlib
Searching for matplotlib
Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/matplotlib/
Reading http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net
Reading https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=80706&package_id=278194
Reading https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=80706&package_id=82474
Reading http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=80706&package_id=82474
Reading http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=80706
Best match: matplotlib 0.91.1
Downloading http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/m/matplotlib/matplotlib-0.91.1.tar.gz#md5=56a9344b077b5accbc4823be19f69dd6
Processing matplotlib-0.91.1.tar.gz
Running matplotlib-0.91.1/setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir
/tmp/easy_install-GNl0AJ/matplotlib-0.91.1/egg-dist-tmp-whO24c
/tmp/easy_install-GNl0AJ/matplotlib-0.91.1/setupext.py:67:
DeprecationWarning: the sets module is deprecated
  from sets import Set

BUILDING MATPLOTLIB
            matplotlib: 0.91.1
                python: 2.6.2 (r262:71600, Jul 20 2009, 02:19:59) [GCC
                        4.4.0 20090630 (prerelease)]
              platform: linux2

REQUIRED DEPENDENCIES
                 numpy: 1.3.0
             freetype2: 9.20.3

OPTIONAL BACKEND DEPENDENCIES
                libpng: 1.2.38
               Tkinter: Tkinter: 70220, Tk: 8.5, Tcl: 8.5
              wxPython: no
                        * wxPython not found
                  Gtk+: no
                        * Building for Gtk+ requires pygtk; you must be able
                        * to "import gtk" in your build/install environment
                    Qt: no
                   Qt4: no
                 Cairo: no

OPTIONAL DATE/TIMEZONE DEPENDENCIES
              datetime: present, version unknown
              dateutil: matplotlib will provide
                  pytz: matplotlib will provide

OPTIONAL USETEX DEPENDENCIES
/tmp/easy_install-GNl0AJ/matplotlib-0.91.1/setupext.py:491:
DeprecationWarning: os.popen4 is deprecated. Use the subprocess
module.
  stdin, stdout = os.popen4('dvipng -version')
                dvipng: no
/tmp/easy_install-GNl0AJ/matplotlib-0.91.1/setupext.py:504:
DeprecationWarning: os.popen4 is deprecated. Use the subprocess
module.
  stdin, stdout = os.popen4(command)
           ghostscript: 8.64
/tmp/easy_install-GNl0AJ/matplotlib-0.91.1/setupext.py:513:
DeprecationWarning: os.popen4 is deprecated. Use the subprocess
module.
  stdin, stdout = os.popen4('latex -version')
                 latex: no
/tmp/easy_install-GNl0AJ/matplotlib-0.91.1/setupext.py:525:
DeprecationWarning: os.popen4 is deprecated. Use the subprocess
module.
  stdin, stdout = os.popen4('pdftops -v')
               pdftops: 0.10.7

EXPERIMENTAL CONFIG PACKAGE DEPENDENCIES
             configobj: matplotlib will provide
      enthought.traits: matplotlib will provide

[Edit setup.cfg to suppress the above messages]

warning: no files found matching 'NUMARRAY_ISSUES'
warning: no files found matching 'MANIFEST'
warning: no files found matching 'matplotlibrc'
warning: no files found matching 'lib/matplotlib/toolkits'
no previously-included directories found matching 'examples/_tmp_*'
In file included from /usr/include/python2.6/Python.h:8,
                 from ./CXX/WrapPython.h:47,
                 from ./CXX/Extensions.hxx:48,
                 from src/ft2font.h:18,
                 from src/ft2font.cpp:2:
/usr/include/python2.6/pyconfig.h:1019:1: warning: "_POSIX_C_SOURCE" redefined
In file included from
/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.1/../../../../include/c++/4.4.1/i686-pc-linux-gnu/bits/os_defines.h:39,
                 from
/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.1/../../../../include/c++/4.4.1/i686-pc-linux-gnu/bits/c++config.h:243,
                 from
/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.1/../../../../include/c++/4.4.1/iosfwd:40,
                 from
/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.1/../../../../include/c++/4.4.1/ios:39,
                 from
/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.1/../../../../include/c++/4.4.1/istream:40,
                 from
/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.1/../../../../include/c++/4.4.1/sstream:39,
                 from src/ft2font.cpp:1:
/usr/include/features.h:158:1: warning: this is the location of the
previous definition
In file included from /usr/include/python2.6/Python.h:8,
                 from ./CXX/WrapPython.h:47,
                 from ./CXX/Extensions.hxx:48,
                 from src/ft2font.h:18,
                 from src/ft2font.cpp:2:
/usr/include/python2.6/pyconfig.h:1028:1: warning: "_XOPEN_SOURCE" redefined
In file included from
/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.1/../../../../include/c++/4.4.1/i686-pc-linux-gnu/bits/os_defines.h:39,
                 from
/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.1/../../../../include/c++/4.4.1/i686-pc-linux-gnu/bits/c++config.h:243,
                 from
/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.1/../../../../include/c++/4.4.1/iosfwd:40,
                 from
/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.1/../../../../include/c++/4.4.1/ios:39,
                 from
/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.1/../../../../include/c++/4.4.1/istream:40,
                 from
/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.1/../../../../include/c++/4.4.1/sstream:39,
                 from src/ft2font.cpp:1:
/usr/include/features.h:160:1: warning: this is the location of the
previous definition
src/mplutils.cpp: In constructor ‘Printf::Printf(const char*, ...)’:
src/mplutils.cpp:17: error: ‘vsprintf’ was not declared in this scope
error: Setup script exited with error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1
Exception OSError: (2, 'No such file or directory', 'src/image.cpp')
in <bound method CleanUpFile.__del__ of <setupext.CleanUpFile instance
at 0x9dd5dcc>> ignored
Exception OSError: (2, 'No such file or directory',
'src/transforms.cpp') in <bound method CleanUpFile.__del__ of
<setupext.CleanUpFile instance at 0x9dcf6ac>> ignored
Exception OSError: (2, 'No such file or directory',
'src/backend_agg.cpp') in <bound method CleanUpFile.__del__ of
<setupext.CleanUpFile instance at 0x9dd5e2c>> ignored

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More information that may be relevant:

- Installing numpy with easy_install gives no problems.
- I'm trying to build matplotlib in a virtualenv with the
--no-site-packages option.
- If I download matplotlib tar.gz and build it with "python setup.py
build" it works fine in the virtualenv.
- The matplotlib shipped with the distro (Arch Linux) works fine.

gcc -v:
Using built-in specs.
Target: i686-pc-linux-gnu
Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/usr --enable-shared
--enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-threads=posix
--mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info
--enable-__cxa_atexit --disable-multilib --libdir=/usr/lib
--libexecdir=/usr/lib --enable-clocale=gnu --disable-libstdcxx-pch
--with-tune=generic
Thread model: posix
gcc version 4.4.1 (GCC)

uname -a:
Linux irujo 2.6.30-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Jul 31 18:10:38 UTC 2009
i686 Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.00GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

Regards,

Danny Navarro

Hi all,

In the end I could easy_install matplotlib with:
easy_install Download matplotlib-0.98.5.3.tar.gz (matplotlib)

The tip was mentioned in a previous thread:
http://www.mail-archive.com/matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg09511.html

Danny

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On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Danny Navarro<j@...2712...> wrote:

Hi all,

I'm trying to install matplotlib with easy_install but fails when building:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
└┌(%:~/sandbox/virtualenvs/matplotlibenv)┌- easy_install matplotlib
Searching for matplotlib
Reading Links for matplotlib
Reading http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net
Reading matplotlib - Browse /matplotlib at SourceForge.net
Reading matplotlib - Browse /matplotlib-maintenance at SourceForge.net
Reading http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=80706&package_id=82474
Reading matplotlib - Browse Files at SourceForge.net
Best match: matplotlib 0.91.1
Downloading http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/m/matplotlib/matplotlib-0.91.1.tar.gz#md5=56a9344b077b5accbc4823be19f69dd6
Processing matplotlib-0.91.1.tar.gz
Running matplotlib-0.91.1/setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir
/tmp/easy_install-GNl0AJ/matplotlib-0.91.1/egg-dist-tmp-whO24c
/tmp/easy_install-GNl0AJ/matplotlib-0.91.1/setupext.py:67:
DeprecationWarning: the sets module is deprecated
from sets import Set

BUILDING MATPLOTLIB
matplotlib: 0.91.1
python: 2.6.2 (r262:71600, Jul 20 2009, 02:19:59) [GCC
4.4.0 20090630 (prerelease)]
platform: linux2

REQUIRED DEPENDENCIES
numpy: 1.3.0
freetype2: 9.20.3

OPTIONAL BACKEND DEPENDENCIES
libpng: 1.2.38
Tkinter: Tkinter: 70220, Tk: 8.5, Tcl: 8.5
wxPython: no
* wxPython not found
Gtk+: no
* Building for Gtk+ requires pygtk; you must be able
* to "import gtk" in your build/install environment
Qt: no
Qt4: no
Cairo: no

OPTIONAL DATE/TIMEZONE DEPENDENCIES
datetime: present, version unknown
dateutil: matplotlib will provide
pytz: matplotlib will provide

OPTIONAL USETEX DEPENDENCIES
/tmp/easy_install-GNl0AJ/matplotlib-0.91.1/setupext.py:491:
DeprecationWarning: os.popen4 is deprecated. Use the subprocess
module.
stdin, stdout = os.popen4('dvipng -version')
dvipng: no
/tmp/easy_install-GNl0AJ/matplotlib-0.91.1/setupext.py:504:
DeprecationWarning: os.popen4 is deprecated. Use the subprocess
module.
stdin, stdout = os.popen4(command)
ghostscript: 8.64
/tmp/easy_install-GNl0AJ/matplotlib-0.91.1/setupext.py:513:
DeprecationWarning: os.popen4 is deprecated. Use the subprocess
module.
stdin, stdout = os.popen4('latex -version')
latex: no
/tmp/easy_install-GNl0AJ/matplotlib-0.91.1/setupext.py:525:
DeprecationWarning: os.popen4 is deprecated. Use the subprocess
module.
stdin, stdout = os.popen4('pdftops -v')
pdftops: 0.10.7

EXPERIMENTAL CONFIG PACKAGE DEPENDENCIES
configobj: matplotlib will provide
enthought.traits: matplotlib will provide

[Edit setup.cfg to suppress the above messages]

warning: no files found matching 'NUMARRAY_ISSUES'
warning: no files found matching 'MANIFEST'
warning: no files found matching 'matplotlibrc'
warning: no files found matching 'lib/matplotlib/toolkits'
no previously-included directories found matching 'examples/_tmp_*'
In file included from /usr/include/python2.6/Python.h:8,
from ./CXX/WrapPython.h:47,
from ./CXX/Extensions.hxx:48,
from src/ft2font.h:18,
from src/ft2font.cpp:2:
/usr/include/python2.6/pyconfig.h:1019:1: warning: "_POSIX_C_SOURCE" redefined
In file included from
/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.1/../../../../include/c++/4.4.1/i686-pc-linux-gnu/bits/os_defines.h:39,
from
/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.1/../../../../include/c++/4.4.1/i686-pc-linux-gnu/bits/c++config.h:243,
from
/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.1/../../../../include/c++/4.4.1/iosfwd:40,
from
/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.1/../../../../include/c++/4.4.1/ios:39,
from
/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.1/../../../../include/c++/4.4.1/istream:40,
from
/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.1/../../../../include/c++/4.4.1/sstream:39,
from src/ft2font.cpp:1:
/usr/include/features.h:158:1: warning: this is the location of the
previous definition
In file included from /usr/include/python2.6/Python.h:8,
from ./CXX/WrapPython.h:47,
from ./CXX/Extensions.hxx:48,
from src/ft2font.h:18,
from src/ft2font.cpp:2:
/usr/include/python2.6/pyconfig.h:1028:1: warning: "_XOPEN_SOURCE" redefined
In file included from
/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.1/../../../../include/c++/4.4.1/i686-pc-linux-gnu/bits/os_defines.h:39,
from
/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.1/../../../../include/c++/4.4.1/i686-pc-linux-gnu/bits/c++config.h:243,
from
/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.1/../../../../include/c++/4.4.1/iosfwd:40,
from
/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.1/../../../../include/c++/4.4.1/ios:39,
from
/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.1/../../../../include/c++/4.4.1/istream:40,
from
/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.1/../../../../include/c++/4.4.1/sstream:39,
from src/ft2font.cpp:1:
/usr/include/features.h:160:1: warning: this is the location of the
previous definition
src/mplutils.cpp: In constructor ‘Printf::Printf(const char*, ...)’:
src/mplutils.cpp:17: error: ‘vsprintf’ was not declared in this scope
error: Setup script exited with error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1
Exception OSError: (2, 'No such file or directory', 'src/image.cpp')
in <bound method CleanUpFile.__del__ of <setupext.CleanUpFile instance
at 0x9dd5dcc>> ignored
Exception OSError: (2, 'No such file or directory',
'src/transforms.cpp') in <bound method CleanUpFile.__del__ of
<setupext.CleanUpFile instance at 0x9dcf6ac>> ignored
Exception OSError: (2, 'No such file or directory',
'src/backend_agg.cpp') in <bound method CleanUpFile.__del__ of
<setupext.CleanUpFile instance at 0x9dd5e2c>> ignored

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

More information that may be relevant:

- Installing numpy with easy_install gives no problems.
- I'm trying to build matplotlib in a virtualenv with the
--no-site-packages option.
- If I download matplotlib tar.gz and build it with "python setup.py
build" it works fine in the virtualenv.
- The matplotlib shipped with the distro (Arch Linux) works fine.

gcc -v:
Using built-in specs.
Target: i686-pc-linux-gnu
Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/usr --enable-shared
--enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-threads=posix
--mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info
--enable-__cxa_atexit --disable-multilib --libdir=/usr/lib
--libexecdir=/usr/lib --enable-clocale=gnu --disable-libstdcxx-pch
--with-tune=generic
Thread model: posix
gcc version 4.4.1 (GCC)

uname -a:
Linux irujo 2.6.30-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Jul 31 18:10:38 UTC 2009
i686 Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.00GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

Regards,

Danny Navarro