can't copy 'lib/matplotlib/mathtext.py'

_Nils_Wagner1 · March 23, 2009, 7:21am

Hi all,

I cannot install matplotlib from recent svn.

python setup.py install --prefix=$HOME/local

···

============================================================================
BUILDING MATPLOTLIB
             matplotlib: 0.98.6svn
                 python: 2.5.1 (r251:54863, Dec 21 2007, 09:21:07) [GCC
                         3.4.6 20060404 (Red Hat 3.4.6-3)]
               platform: linux2

REQUIRED DEPENDENCIES
numpy: 1.4.0.dev6708
freetype2: 9.7.3

OPTIONAL BACKEND DEPENDENCIES
                 libpng: 1.2.7
                Tkinter: Tkinter: 50704, Tk: 8.4, Tcl: 8.4
               wxPython: 2.8.9.1
                         * WxAgg extension not required for wxPython >= 2.8
                   Gtk+: no
                         * Building for Gtk+ requires pygtk; you must be able
                         * to "import gtk" in your build/install environment
        Mac OS X native: no
                     Qt: no
                    Qt4: no
                  Cairo: no

OPTIONAL DATE/TIMEZONE DEPENDENCIES
               datetime: present, version unknown
               dateutil: matplotlib will provide
                   pytz: 2008c

OPTIONAL USETEX DEPENDENCIES
                 dvipng: no
            ghostscript: 7.07
                  latex: 3.14159
                pdftops: 3.00

[Edit setup.cfg to suppress the above messages]

pymods ['pylab']
packages ['matplotlib', 'matplotlib.backends', 'matplotlib.projections', 'mpl_toolkits', 'matplotlib.sphinxext', 'matplotlib.numerix', 'matplotlib.numerix.mlab', 'matplotlib.numerix.ma', 'matplotlib.numerix.linear_algebra', 'matplotlib.numerix.random_array', 'matplotlib.numerix.fft', 'matplotlib.delaunay', 'dateutil', 'dateutil/zoneinfo']
running install
running build
running build_py
creating build
creating build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.5
copying lib/pylab.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.5
creating build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.5/matplotlib
copying lib/matplotlib/hatch.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.5/matplotlib
copying lib/matplotlib/widgets.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.5/matplotlib
error: can't copy 'lib/matplotlib/mathtext.py': doesn't exist or not a regular file
Nils

Michael_Droettboom · March 23, 2009, 12:11pm

Perhaps a merge failed on lib/matplotlib/mathtext.py? If you know you don't have any local changes to that file that you need, you can just remove it and "svn up" again. I can't see a reason why this is a repository-side problem... no properties have changed on that file for a long time.

Mike

Nils Wagner wrote:

···

Hi all,

I cannot install matplotlib from recent svn.

python setup.py install --prefix=$HOME/local

BUILDING MATPLOTLIB
             matplotlib: 0.98.6svn
                 python: 2.5.1 (r251:54863, Dec 21 2007, 09:21:07) [GCC
                         3.4.6 20060404 (Red Hat 3.4.6-3)]
               platform: linux2

REQUIRED DEPENDENCIES
                  numpy: 1.4.0.dev6708
              freetype2: 9.7.3

OPTIONAL BACKEND DEPENDENCIES
                 libpng: 1.2.7
                Tkinter: Tkinter: 50704, Tk: 8.4, Tcl: 8.4
               wxPython: 2.8.9.1
                         * WxAgg extension not required for wxPython >= 2.8
                   Gtk+: no
                         * Building for Gtk+ requires pygtk; you must be able
                         * to "import gtk" in your build/install environment
        Mac OS X native: no
                     Qt: no
                    Qt4: no
                  Cairo: no

OPTIONAL DATE/TIMEZONE DEPENDENCIES
               datetime: present, version unknown
               dateutil: matplotlib will provide
                   pytz: 2008c

OPTIONAL USETEX DEPENDENCIES
                 dvipng: no
            ghostscript: 7.07
                  latex: 3.14159
                pdftops: 3.00

[Edit setup.cfg to suppress the above messages]

pymods ['pylab']
packages ['matplotlib', 'matplotlib.backends', 'matplotlib.projections', 'mpl_toolkits', 'matplotlib.sphinxext', 'matplotlib.numerix', 'matplotlib.numerix.mlab', 'matplotlib.numerix.ma', 'matplotlib.numerix.linear_algebra', 'matplotlib.numerix.random_array', 'matplotlib.numerix.fft', 'matplotlib.delaunay', 'dateutil', 'dateutil/zoneinfo']
running install
running build
running build_py
creating build
creating build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.5
copying lib/pylab.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.5
creating build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.5/matplotlib
copying lib/matplotlib/hatch.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.5/matplotlib
copying lib/matplotlib/widgets.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.5/matplotlib
error: can't copy 'lib/matplotlib/mathtext.py': doesn't exist or not a regular file
  Nils

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