Can't import pylab on Windows with C API

Hello all,

I am trying to plot things from C using pylab. The configuration:

Window XP 32 bits
Python-2.6.3
numpy-1.3.0
matplotlib-0.99.1.

I can easily do this on Linux, but the same code does not work on Windows. Here is a test program that tries to import pylab:

#include <stdio.h>

#include <Python.h>

int main(void)

{

    PyObject * module = NULL;

    Py_Initialize();

    module = PyImport_ImportModule("matplotlib.pylab");

    if(module == NULL || module == Py_None)

    {

        printf("no\n");

        PyErr_Print();

        PyErr_Clear();

    }

    else

    {

        printf("yes\n");

    }

    Py_Finalize();

    return 0;

}

The code above works fine with Python2.6 and Linux. However, on Windows it fails; here is the output:

no

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "C:\Python26\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\pylab.py", line 206, in <module>

    from matplotlib import mpl # pulls in most modules

  File "C:\Python26\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\mpl.py", line 1, in <module>

    from matplotlib import artist

  File "C:\Python26\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\artist.py", line 5, in <module>

    from transforms import Bbox, IdentityTransform, TransformedBbox, TransformedPath

  File "C:\Python26\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\transforms.py", line 34, in <module>

    from matplotlib._path import affine_transform

ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found.

Has anybody tried this?

Thanks!
Nick

I'm not aware of anyone trying this, but I suspect it's related to differences in how DLL paths are searched on Windows vs. shared objects on Linux.

This sort of seems like a lower-level Python issue -- I wonder if you could find other projects that do this and see where matplotlib differs. For instance, can you import numpy this way? If not, I would bring this up on the Python users list and see if they have any advice.

Mike

Nick Hilton wrote:

···

Hello all,

I am trying to plot things from C using pylab. The configuration:

Window XP 32 bits
Python-2.6.3
numpy-1.3.0
matplotlib-0.99.1.

I can easily do this on Linux, but the same code does not work on Windows. Here is a test program that tries to import pylab:

#include <stdio.h>

#include <Python.h>

int main(void)

{

    PyObject * module = NULL;

    Py_Initialize();

    module = PyImport_ImportModule("matplotlib.pylab");

    if(module == NULL || module == Py_None)

    {

        printf("no\n");

        PyErr_Print();

        PyErr_Clear();

    }

    else

    {

        printf("yes\n");

    }

    Py_Finalize();

    return 0;

}

The code above works fine with Python2.6 and Linux. However, on Windows it fails; here is the output:

no

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "C:\Python26\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\pylab.py", line 206, in <module>

    from matplotlib import mpl # pulls in most modules

  File "C:\Python26\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\mpl.py", line 1, in <module>

    from matplotlib import artist

  File "C:\Python26\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\artist.py", line 5, in <module>

    from transforms import Bbox, IdentityTransform, TransformedBbox, TransformedPath

  File "C:\Python26\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\transforms.py", line 34, in <module>

    from matplotlib._path import affine_transform

ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found.

Has anybody tried this?

Thanks!
Nick

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I have confirmed that this error does not occur with Matplotlib-0.99.0 and Python 2.6.

It does occur when I remove 0.99.0 and install 0.99.1.

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--- On Mon, 10/26/09, Michael Droettboom <mdroe@...86...> wrote:

From: Michael Droettboom <mdroe@...86...>
Subject: Re: [Matplotlib-users] Can't import pylab on Windows with C API
To: "Nick Hilton" <weegreenblobbie@...9...>
Cc: matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Date: Monday, October 26, 2009, 5:54 AM
I'm not aware of anyone trying this,
but I suspect it's related to
differences in how DLL paths are searched on Windows vs.
shared objects
on Linux.

This sort of seems like a lower-level Python issue -- I
wonder if you
could find other projects that do this and see where
matplotlib
differs. For instance, can you import numpy this
way? If not, I would
bring this up on the Python users list and see if they have
any advice.

Mike

Nick Hilton wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I am trying to plot things from C using pylab.
The configuration:
>
> Window XP 32 bits
> Python-2.6.3
> numpy-1.3.0
> matplotlib-0.99.1.
>
> I can easily do this on Linux, but the same code does
not work on Windows. Here is a test program that tries
to import pylab:
>
> #include <stdio.h>
>
> #include <Python.h>
>
>
>
> int main(void)
>
> {
>
> PyObject * module = NULL;
>
>
>
> Py_Initialize();
>
>
>
> module =
PyImport_ImportModule("matplotlib.pylab");
>
>
>
> if(module == NULL || module ==
Py_None)
>
> {
>
> printf("no\n");
>
> PyErr_Print();
>
> PyErr_Clear();
>
> }
>
> else
>
> {
>
>
printf("yes\n");
>
> }
>
>
>
> Py_Finalize();
>
>
>
> return 0;
>
> }
>
> The code above works fine with Python2.6 and
Linux. However, on Windows it fails; here is the
output:
>
> no
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>
> File
"C:\Python26\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\pylab.py", line
206, in <module>
>
> from matplotlib import
mpl # pulls in most modules
>
> File
"C:\Python26\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\mpl.py", line 1,
in <module>
>
> from matplotlib import artist
>
> File
"C:\Python26\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\artist.py", line
5, in <module>
>
> from transforms import Bbox,
IdentityTransform, TransformedBbox, TransformedPath
>
> File
"C:\Python26\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\transforms.py",
line 34, in <module>
>
> from matplotlib._path import
affine_transform
>
> ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module
could not be found.
>
> Has anybody tried this?
>
> Thanks!
> Nick
>
>
>
>
>
>
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Operations and Engineering Division
Space Telescope Science Institute
Operated by AURA for NASA