I am having issues installing matplotlib on a Linux box:
> gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g -O3 -Wall
> -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Isrc -I. -I/usr/local/include
> -I/usr/include -I/opt/Python-2.3.5/Include
> -I/opt/Python-2.3.5 -c CXX/cxx_extensions.cxx -o
> build/temp.linux-i686-2.3/cxx_extensions.o -DNUMERIC=1 In
> file included from CXX/Extensions.hxx:18, from
> CXX/cxx_extensions.cxx:1: /usr/include/g++/std/bastring.h:
> In method `const Py_UNICODE * basic_string<short unsigned
> int,string_char_traits<short unsigned
> ,__default_alloc_template<true,0> >::c_str() const':
> CXX/Objects.hxx:1505: instantiated from here
> /usr/include/g++/std/bastring.h:338: return to `const
> Py_UNICODE *' from `const char *' error: command 'gcc'
> failed with exit status 1
> I can't see what's missing or whatever else is
> wrong... any idea? Could it be that the gcc version (2.95)
> is too old?
That's very good bet -- 2.95 is *really old*. It looks like it may
not be properly handling wide characters. I don't think there is
anything we can do on our end about this one. Can you upgrade your
compiler?
JDH