[os x] Can't get IPython to use latest version of matplotlib

Hello,

I recently upgraded matplotlib, which was relatively simple:

sudo pip install matplotlib —upgrade

I checked to make sure I did indeed upgrade:

[~]$ python
Python 2.7.3 (v2.7.3:70274d53c1dd, Apr 9 2012, 20:52:43)
[GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5666) (dot 3)] on darwin

Type “help”, “copyright”, “credits” or “license” for more information.

import matplotlib; matplotlib.version
‘1.3.1’

Success. However, when I do the same in IPython, I get the old version:

[~]$ ipython --pylab
Python 2.7.5 (default, Aug 25 2013, 00:04:04)
Type “copyright”, “credits” or “license” for more information.
IPython 1.2.0 – An enhanced Interactive Python.

? → Introduction and overview of IPython’s features.
%quickref → Quick reference.
help → Python’s own help system.
object? → Details about ‘object’, use ‘object??’ for extra details.

Using matplotlib backend: MacOSX
In [1]: import matplotlib; matplotlib.version
Out[1]: ‘1.1.1’

Anyone know why this is the case? How do I point IPython to the newest version of matplotlib?

I tried googling, but wasn’t sure how to zero in on the answer with a search. Also, I’m not sure if this question is best suited for IPython people.

Thanks,

Tim

It appears that you have two different version of python installed (Apple’s 2.7.3 and python.org’s 2.7.5). You have to install all third-party packages to the correct one. It appears pip in acting on Apple’s python.

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On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 2:08 PM, Timothy Duly <timduly4@…287…> wrote:

Hello,

I recently upgraded matplotlib, which was relatively simple:

sudo pip install matplotlib —upgrade

I checked to make sure I did indeed upgrade:

[~]$ python
Python 2.7.3 (v2.7.3:70274d53c1dd, Apr 9 2012, 20:52:43)
[GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5666) (dot 3)] on darwin

Type “help”, “copyright”, “credits” or “license” for more information.

import matplotlib; matplotlib.version
‘1.3.1’

Success. However, when I do the same in IPython, I get the old version:

[~]$ ipython --pylab
Python 2.7.5 (default, Aug 25 2013, 00:04:04)
Type “copyright”, “credits” or “license” for more information.
IPython 1.2.0 – An enhanced Interactive Python.

? → Introduction and overview of IPython’s features.
%quickref → Quick reference.
help → Python’s own help system.
object? → Details about ‘object’, use ‘object??’ for extra details.

Using matplotlib backend: MacOSX
In [1]: import matplotlib; matplotlib.version
Out[1]: ‘1.1.1’

Anyone know why this is the case? How do I point IPython to the newest version of matplotlib?

I tried googling, but wasn’t sure how to zero in on the answer with a search. Also, I’m not sure if this question is best suited for IPython people.

Thanks,

Tim


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Paul,

Do you know how to to get pip install on python.org’s version?

Thanks,

Tim

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On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 5:53 PM, Paul Hobson <pmhobson@…287…> wrote:

It appears that you have two different version of python installed (Apple’s 2.7.3 and python.org’s 2.7.5). You have to install all third-party packages to the correct one. It appears pip in acting on Apple’s python.

Timothy M. Duly
Graduate Research Assistant

Remote Sensing & Space Sciences Group

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

airglow.csl.illinois.edu


On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 2:08 PM, Timothy Duly <timduly4@…287…> wrote:

Hello,

I recently upgraded matplotlib, which was relatively simple:

sudo pip install matplotlib —upgrade

I checked to make sure I did indeed upgrade:

[~]$ python
Python 2.7.3 (v2.7.3:70274d53c1dd, Apr 9 2012, 20:52:43)
[GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5666) (dot 3)] on darwin

Type “help”, “copyright”, “credits” or “license” for more information.

import matplotlib; matplotlib.version
‘1.3.1’

Success. However, when I do the same in IPython, I get the old version:

[~]$ ipython --pylab
Python 2.7.5 (default, Aug 25 2013, 00:04:04)
Type “copyright”, “credits” or “license” for more information.
IPython 1.2.0 – An enhanced Interactive Python.

? → Introduction and overview of IPython’s features.
%quickref → Quick reference.
help → Python’s own help system.
object? → Details about ‘object’, use ‘object??’ for extra details.

Using matplotlib backend: MacOSX
In [1]: import matplotlib; matplotlib.version
Out[1]: ‘1.1.1’

Anyone know why this is the case? How do I point IPython to the newest version of matplotlib?

I tried googling, but wasn’t sure how to zero in on the answer with a search. Also, I’m not sure if this question is best suited for IPython people.

Thanks,

Tim


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Hi Tim,

Whenever you have two python versions installed to one machine, it is generally a good practice to set your PATH environment variable to the directory where the python executable you want to use currently lies, and make it permanent by adding it to your ~/.bash_profile file (on MacOSX). Say your python.org version of python was installed in /something/bin. Then add the following line to your ~/.bash_profile:

export PATH=/something/bin:$PATH

Then run these commands:

source ~/.bash_profile

which python

which pip

If the output is /something/bin, then you are good to go; pip should then install matplotlib in the correct place. Hope that helps.

Thanks,

Alex

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On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 4:58 PM, Timothy Duly <timduly4@…287…> wrote:

Paul,

Do you know how to to get pip install on python.org’s version?

Thanks,

Tim


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Alex Goodman
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Colorado State University

On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 5:53 PM, Paul Hobson <pmhobson@…287…> wrote:

It appears that you have two different version of python installed (Apple’s 2.7.3 and python.org’s 2.7.5). You have to install all third-party packages to the correct one. It appears pip in acting on Apple’s python.


Timothy M. Duly
Graduate Research Assistant

Remote Sensing & Space Sciences Group

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

airglow.csl.illinois.edu


On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 2:08 PM, Timothy Duly <timduly4@…287…> wrote:

Hello,

I recently upgraded matplotlib, which was relatively simple:

sudo pip install matplotlib —upgrade

I checked to make sure I did indeed upgrade:

[~]$ python
Python 2.7.3 (v2.7.3:70274d53c1dd, Apr 9 2012, 20:52:43)
[GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5666) (dot 3)] on darwin

Type “help”, “copyright”, “credits” or “license” for more information.

import matplotlib; matplotlib.version
‘1.3.1’

Success. However, when I do the same in IPython, I get the old version:

[~]$ ipython --pylab
Python 2.7.5 (default, Aug 25 2013, 00:04:04)
Type “copyright”, “credits” or “license” for more information.
IPython 1.2.0 – An enhanced Interactive Python.

? → Introduction and overview of IPython’s features.
%quickref → Quick reference.
help → Python’s own help system.
object? → Details about ‘object’, use ‘object??’ for extra details.

Using matplotlib backend: MacOSX
In [1]: import matplotlib; matplotlib.version
Out[1]: ‘1.1.1’

Anyone know why this is the case? How do I point IPython to the newest version of matplotlib?

I tried googling, but wasn’t sure how to zero in on the answer with a search. Also, I’m not sure if this question is best suited for IPython people.

Thanks,

Tim


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Alex,

Thanks for the information. I think python.org’s version did this for me:

$ cat ~/.bash_profile

Setting PATH for Python 2.7

The orginal version is saved in .bash_profile.pysave

PATH=“/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin:${PATH}”

export PATH

It turns out, my problem actually was in ipython / numpy. I reinstalled numpy to 1.8.0 and ipython was not recognizing it (similar to the matplotlib problem). I reinstalled ipython with “sudo pip install numpy” but it still recognized Apple’s numpy. The solution was to install ipython via “easy_install ipython”-- then it was able to recognize the correct numpy, and correspondingly when I installed the latest version of matplotlib, ipython recognized the version I wanted.

Thanks,
Tim

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On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 6:12 PM, Alex Goodman <alex.goodman@…4442…> wrote:

Hi Tim,

Whenever you have two python versions installed to one machine, it is generally a good practice to set your PATH environment variable to the directory where the python executable you want to use currently lies, and make it permanent by adding it to your ~/.bash_profile file (on MacOSX). Say your python.org version of python was installed in /something/bin. Then add the following line to your ~/.bash_profile:

export PATH=/something/bin:$PATH

Then run these commands:

source ~/.bash_profile

which python

which pip

If the output is /something/bin, then you are good to go; pip should then install matplotlib in the correct place. Hope that helps.

Thanks,

Alex

Timothy M. Duly
Graduate Research Assistant

Remote Sensing & Space Sciences Group

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

airglow.csl.illinois.edu


On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 4:58 PM, Timothy Duly <timduly4@…287…> wrote:

Paul,

Do you know how to to get pip install on python.org’s version?

Thanks,

Tim


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Alex Goodman
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Department of Atmospheric Science

Colorado State University

On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 5:53 PM, Paul Hobson <pmhobson@…287…> wrote:

It appears that you have two different version of python installed (Apple’s 2.7.3 and python.org’s 2.7.5). You have to install all third-party packages to the correct one. It appears pip in acting on Apple’s python.


Timothy M. Duly
Graduate Research Assistant

Remote Sensing & Space Sciences Group

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

airglow.csl.illinois.edu


On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 2:08 PM, Timothy Duly <timduly4@…287…> wrote:

Hello,

I recently upgraded matplotlib, which was relatively simple:

sudo pip install matplotlib —upgrade

I checked to make sure I did indeed upgrade:

[~]$ python
Python 2.7.3 (v2.7.3:70274d53c1dd, Apr 9 2012, 20:52:43)
[GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5666) (dot 3)] on darwin

Type “help”, “copyright”, “credits” or “license” for more information.

import matplotlib; matplotlib.version
‘1.3.1’

Success. However, when I do the same in IPython, I get the old version:

[~]$ ipython --pylab
Python 2.7.5 (default, Aug 25 2013, 00:04:04)
Type “copyright”, “credits” or “license” for more information.
IPython 1.2.0 – An enhanced Interactive Python.

? → Introduction and overview of IPython’s features.
%quickref → Quick reference.
help → Python’s own help system.
object? → Details about ‘object’, use ‘object??’ for extra details.

Using matplotlib backend: MacOSX
In [1]: import matplotlib; matplotlib.version
Out[1]: ‘1.1.1’

Anyone know why this is the case? How do I point IPython to the newest version of matplotlib?

I tried googling, but wasn’t sure how to zero in on the answer with a search. Also, I’m not sure if this question is best suited for IPython people.

Thanks,

Tim


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