error on build on windows from SVN

Well, not familiar with this at all but giving it a try…In the setupext.py
header it reads:

This build is similar to the mingw. Download the visual studio static

dependencies from
http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/win32_static_vs.tar.gz
and
see the README in that dir

I did that. Then, README there says:

Contents:
Static dependencies for building mpl for win32 using
Visual Studio.
Extract to the matplotlib source folder.

I extracted it to the matplotlib folder itself and also on another

try the subfolder, src. In both cases then from cmd did:

python setup.py build bdist_wininst

In both cases got same error as before.

I like to be more help but I am not sure what to do.
It isn’t crucial that I get the latest via SVN and

build it myself, but I thought it would be good to learn
to do this generally, just didn’t realize it would be a bit
of an expedition. Not sure what to do.

Thanks.

···

On 9/24/07, C M <cmpython@…287…> wrote:

I’m having problems building matplotlib on windows from a folder from SVN,

and haven’t done it
before (previously had used the prebuilt binary download). I don’t know

what I am doing wrong.

Read the header of setupext.py, particularly the part for win32 users
– it may not be totally current, but will get much you closer to your
goal. Once you have followed the steps there, if you hit another

roadblock check back here and we will advise further and try and
update the docs as necessary. You are actually in the best position
to write documentation, since you are hitting this for the first time,
so please take notes and/or update the instructions in setupext.py so
we can add them to the docs.
On 9/24/07, John Hunter < jdh2358@…287…> wrote:

You didn't mention which compiler you were trying to use. It looks like it can't find the Microsoft compiler. If you have it installed, perhaps it's installed in a non-standard location...? It should be theoretically possible to use the free Microsoft compiler, but I have no experience with that.

I have used the Mingw32 compiler included with Cygwin to build matplotlib recently with success. There is also a version of Mingw32 that is not part of Cygwin. To use one of these compilers, you need to explicitly tell distutils (the system used to build matplotlib) to use it, using "-c mingw32".

Cheers,
Mike

C M wrote:

···

On 9/24/07, *John Hunter* < jdh2358@...287... > <mailto:jdh2358@…287…>> wrote:

    On 9/24/07, C M <cmpython@...287... <mailto:cmpython@…287…>> wrote:
    > I'm having problems building matplotlib on windows from a folder
    from SVN,
    > and haven't done it
    > before (previously had used the prebuilt binary download). I
    don't know
    > what I am doing wrong.

    Read the header of setupext.py, particularly the part for win32 users
    -- it may not be totally current, but will get much you closer to your
    goal. Once you have followed the steps there, if you hit another
    roadblock check back here and we will advise further and try and
    update the docs as necessary. You are actually in the best position
    to write documentation, since you are hitting this for the first time,
    so please take notes and/or update the instructions in setupext.py so
    we can add them to the docs.

Well, not familiar with this at all but giving it a try...In the setupext.py
header it reads:

  This build is similar to the mingw. Download the visual studio static
  dependencies from
  http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/win32_static_vs.tar.gz and
  see the README in that dir

I did that. Then, README there says:

  Contents:
  Static dependencies for building mpl for win32 using
  Visual Studio.
  Extract to the matplotlib source folder.

I extracted it to the matplotlib folder itself and also on another
try the subfolder, src. In both cases then from cmd did:

  python setup.py build bdist_wininst

In both cases got same error as before.

I like to be more help but I am not sure what to do. It isn't crucial that I get the latest via SVN and
build it myself, but I thought it would be good to learn
to do this generally, just didn't realize it would be a bit
of an expedition. Not sure what to do.

Thanks.

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The error message states that you must be using VS2003. Python is
compiled with this, so all extensions must also be compiled with it.
If you don't have a copy of VS2003 your best bet is to just use
cygwin/mingw.

- Charlie

···

On 9/25/07, Michael Droettboom <mdroe@...86...> wrote:

You didn't mention which compiler you were trying to use. It looks like
it can't find the Microsoft compiler. If you have it installed, perhaps
it's installed in a non-standard location...? It should be
theoretically possible to use the free Microsoft compiler, but I have no
experience with that.

I have used the Mingw32 compiler included with Cygwin to build
matplotlib recently with success. There is also a version of Mingw32
that is not part of Cygwin. To use one of these compilers, you need to
explicitly tell distutils (the system used to build matplotlib) to use
it, using "-c mingw32".

Cheers,
Mike

C M wrote:
>
> On 9/24/07, *John Hunter* < jdh2358@...287... > > <mailto:jdh2358@…287…>> wrote:
>
> On 9/24/07, C M <cmpython@...287... <mailto:cmpython@…287…>> wrote:
> > I'm having problems building matplotlib on windows from a folder
> from SVN,
> > and haven't done it
> > before (previously had used the prebuilt binary download). I
> don't know
> > what I am doing wrong.
>
> Read the header of setupext.py, particularly the part for win32 users
> -- it may not be totally current, but will get much you closer to your
> goal. Once you have followed the steps there, if you hit another
> roadblock check back here and we will advise further and try and
> update the docs as necessary. You are actually in the best position
> to write documentation, since you are hitting this for the first time,
> so please take notes and/or update the instructions in setupext.py so
> we can add them to the docs.
>
>
> Well, not familiar with this at all but giving it a try...In the
> setupext.py
> header it reads:
>
> This build is similar to the mingw. Download the visual studio static
> dependencies from
> http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/win32_static_vs.tar.gz
> <http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/win32_static_vs.tar.gz&gt; and
> see the README in that dir
>
> I did that. Then, README there says:
>
> Contents:
> Static dependencies for building mpl for win32 using
> Visual Studio.
> Extract to the matplotlib source folder.
>
> I extracted it to the matplotlib folder itself and also on another
> try the subfolder, src. In both cases then from cmd did:
>
> python setup.py build bdist_wininst
>
> In both cases got same error as before.
>
> I like to be more help but I am not sure what to do.
> It isn't crucial that I get the latest via SVN and
> build it myself, but I thought it would be good to learn
> to do this generally, just didn't realize it would be a bit
> of an expedition. Not sure what to do.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
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