mac osx 10.6 matplotlib installation error: "lipo: can't open input file: /var/tmp//*.out"

In article <26F19958-353A-471E-A1EE-DB33F120703A@...3401...>,
Leslie Burnett

Pathways leading to the error message:

I obtained Matplotlib from the matplotlib home page download link to
sourceforge

a) mpkg/dmg installation 1.0.1-r0 fails with message "can't be installed on
this disk. matplotlib requires System Python 2.6 to install"

The mpkg/dmg installer requires python from python.org, not Apple's
built-in python (despite the incorrect error message). The README that
is displayed by the installer does explain this, but it is easy to miss.

Note that the incorrect error message is a known bug in the software
that creates mpkg installers.

I suggest you use the binary installer because building from source is
rather a lot of work, due to the need to install dependencies.

-- Russell

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<leslie.burnett@...3401...> wrote: