I am trying to install matplotlib 0.87.7 with my newly separate
>> installed python 2.5. For this I installed 'pygtk 2.4.1' and
>> numpy 1.0 using this python 2.5 installation. Now, running
>> 'python2.5 setup.py build' I get this error:
>>
>> ... /usr/include/pygtk-2.0/pygobject.h:140: error: expected
>> `,' or `...' before "typename"
>> it seems, that matplotlib tries to use the old installed pygtk
>> version; the new one is located in /usr/local/include/...
Yes, this is the old pygtk bug covered in this FAQ
http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/faq.html#PYGTK24
maptlotlib gets its gtk configuration from the pkg-config commands, eg
> pkg-config --cflags-only-I gtk+-2.0
make sure your pkg-config is picking up the new pygtk you have
installed, and if not set the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable.
See 'man pkg-config' for more details.
> from matplotlib.pylab import * File
> "/opt/python-2.5//lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/pylab.py",
> line 199, in <module> import mlab #so I can override hist,
> psd, etc... File
> "/opt/python-2.5//lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/mlab.py",
> line 6 4, in <module> import nxutils File
> "/opt/python-2.5//lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/nxutils.py",
> lin e 17, in <module> from matplotlib._ns_nxutils import *
> ImportError: No module named _ns_nxutils
>>>> import numpy
It appears you did not have numpy installed when you built
matplotlib. Grab numpy-1.0 from http://numpy.scipy.org and install it
(it's an easy install compared to mpl). Then rebuild and reinstall
matplotlib and you should be good to go.
JDH