matplotlib version 2.2.2 has a TextBox widget (defined in matplotlib.widgets).
I would kind of like to use it, as the matplotlib.widgets have a good,
convenient interface.
On the other hand, my OS is debian stretch, and the matplotlib that
comes iwth it is version 2.0.0.
So i'm wondering what my options are.
I could try to update the OS, to debian buster, which 2.2.2, but
that's a very big ordeal.
Or i could try to build python from source, in my home directory, and
refer to it by a different name, but i suppose i'd also need to build
numpy, matplotlib, and any other extras. (The ./configure --help for
python 3.7 makes no mention of numpy or matplotlib, so i suppose i
would also have to track down sources for these.)
Maybe i could do something with pip3, but i'd have to hoke it up
somehow so that it would not interfere with the debian pip3.
Or maybe there's some form of TextBox which has been backported to
matplotlib 2.0.0?
Maybe there's something else i could do?
TIA for any advice.
dan
Dan,
I think you should be able to do a simple "pip3 install matplotlib",
which should put it /usr/local. (Or you can use pip3 to install in a
subdirectory of your home directory if you prefer.)
My top recommendation, though, would be to install miniconda (or
Anaconda) in your home directory. That's the easiest way to work with
up-to-date python packages. It also makes it easy to have different
environments with different versions, so, for example, you can try out a
new version of a package without disturbing your main environment. I
have found conda environments much easier to work with than those
created with virtualenv. Conda provides not just the python packages,
but also version-critical non-python libraries that python packages
depend on.
Eric
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On 2018/07/16 6:41 PM, Dan Hitt wrote:
matplotlib version 2.2.2 has a TextBox widget (defined in matplotlib.widgets).
I would kind of like to use it, as the matplotlib.widgets have a good,
convenient interface.
On the other hand, my OS is debian stretch, and the matplotlib that
comes iwth it is version 2.0.0.
So i'm wondering what my options are.
I could try to update the OS, to debian buster, which 2.2.2, but
that's a very big ordeal.
Or i could try to build python from source, in my home directory, and
refer to it by a different name, but i suppose i'd also need to build
numpy, matplotlib, and any other extras. (The ./configure --help for
python 3.7 makes no mention of numpy or matplotlib, so i suppose i
would also have to track down sources for these.)
Maybe i could do something with pip3, but i'd have to hoke it up
somehow so that it would not interfere with the debian pip3.
Or maybe there's some form of TextBox which has been backported to
matplotlib 2.0.0?
Maybe there's something else i could do?
TIA for any advice.
dan
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