problems installaling matplotlib on ubuntu 11.10

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1

Dear users,
I am trying to install matplotlib from source. When I run:
sudo python setup.py install > build.out
I got the following:
basedirlist is: ['/usr/local', '/usr']

···

============================================================================
BUILDING MATPLOTLIB
            matplotlib: 1.2.x
                python: 2.7.2+ (default, Oct 4 2011, 20:06:09) [GCC 4.6.1]
              platform: linux2

REQUIRED DEPENDENCIES
                 numpy: no
                        * You must install numpy 1.4 or later to build
                        * matplotlib.

But numpy is installed(/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/numpy)
python -c "import numpy; print numpy.__version__"
1.6.1
How matplotlib could locate numpy path?

How this problem could be solved?
Thanks a lot in advance.
Lucia

2

Lucia, there might be a bug with the version checker. Are you using matplotlib from Git master? If so, what is the date of the latest commit?

Ben Root

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On Wednesday, February 22, 2012, wrote:

Dear users,

I am trying to install matplotlib from source. When I run:

sudo python setup.py install > build.out

I got the following:

basedirlist is: [‘/usr/local’, ‘/usr’]

============================================================================

BUILDING MATPLOTLIB

        matplotlib: 1.2.x

            python: 2.7.2+ (default, Oct  4 2011, 20:06:09)  [GCC 4.6.1]

          platform: linux2

REQUIRED DEPENDENCIES

             numpy: no

                    * You must install numpy 1.4 or later to build

                    * matplotlib.

But numpy is installed(/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/numpy)

python -c “import numpy; print numpy.version”

1.6.1

How matplotlib could locate numpy path?

How this problem could be solved?

Thanks a lot in advance.

Lucia

3

Dear users,
I am trying to install matplotlib from source. When I run:
  sudo python setup.py install> build.out
I got the following:
basedirlist is: ['/usr/local', '/usr']

BUILDING MATPLOTLIB
             matplotlib: 1.2.x
                 python: 2.7.2+ (default, Oct 4 2011, 20:06:09) [GCC 4.6.1]
               platform: linux2

REQUIRED DEPENDENCIES
                  numpy: no
                         * You must install numpy 1.4 or later to build
                         * matplotlib.

But numpy is installed(/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/numpy)
python -c "import numpy; print numpy.__version__"
1.6.1
How matplotlib could locate numpy path?

mpl is trying to use exactly this method: import numpy. See the check_for_numpy function() in setupext.py.

All I can imagine is that either because of sudo, or because of the terminal you were in when you tried to build, your sys.path was not including the /usr/local path.

Try:
sudo python -c "import numpy; print numpy.__version__"

sudo python -c "import sys; print '\n'.join(sys.path)"

The latter must include /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages.

Eric

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On 02/22/2012 04:06 PM, avalle@...3990... wrote:

How this problem could be solved?
Thanks a lot in advance.
Lucia

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Dear all,

Sorry if somebody has posted the same thing previously.

I just want to share my experience on installing Matplotlib on my Ubuntu 11.04 and later was upgraded to 11.10 (got problem with Matplotlib after upgrading to 11.10 but solved already). I hope it helps.

Feel free to visit this link:
http://sakaesoua6.blogspot.com/2011/10/installing-matplotlib-basemap-101-on.html

Cheers!

···

–
luq

5

Thank you all for your help
Using "sudo" generates an error, without it everything run ok.

:~$ sudo python -c "import numpy; print numpy.__version__"
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/numpy/__init__.py", line
137, in <module>
    import add_newdocs
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/numpy/add_newdocs.py", line
9, in <module>
    from numpy.lib import add_newdoc
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/numpy/lib/__init__.py",
line 13, in <module>
    from polynomial import *
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/numpy/lib/polynomial.py",
line 17, in <module>
    from numpy.linalg import eigvals, lstsq
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/numpy/linalg/__init__.py",
line 48, in <module>
    from linalg import *
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/numpy/linalg/linalg.py",
line 23, in <module>
    from numpy.linalg import lapack_lite
ImportError: libifport.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file
or directory

And the other command suggested by Eric, I think matplotlib is not
displayed due to it is not intalled yet, isn't it?

~$ sudo python -c "import sys; print '\n'.join(sys.path)"
/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools-0.6c11-py2.7.egg
/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nose-0.11.0.dev_r636-py2.7.egg
/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/FiPy-2.1.2-py2.7.egg
/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pysparse-1.2_dev224-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg
/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages
/usr/lib/python2.7
/usr/lib/python2.7/plat-linux2
/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-tk
/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-old
/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload
/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/PIL
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gst-0.10
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gtk-2.0
/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7
/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/libubuntuone
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ubuntu-sso-client
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ubuntuone-client
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ubuntuone-control-panel
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ubuntuone-installer
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ubuntuone-storage-protocol
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/wx-2.8-gtk2-unicode

should I reinstall numpy?
Thanks,
Lucia

···

On 02/22/2012 04:06 PM, avalle@...3990... wrote:

Dear users,
I am trying to install matplotlib from source. When I run:
  sudo python setup.py install> build.out
I got the following:
basedirlist is: ['/usr/local', '/usr']

BUILDING MATPLOTLIB
             matplotlib: 1.2.x
                 python: 2.7.2+ (default, Oct 4 2011, 20:06:09) [GCC
4.6.1]
               platform: linux2

REQUIRED DEPENDENCIES
                  numpy: no
                         * You must install numpy 1.4 or later to build
                         * matplotlib.

But numpy is installed(/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/numpy)
python -c "import numpy; print numpy.__version__"
1.6.1
How matplotlib could locate numpy path?

mpl is trying to use exactly this method: import numpy. See the
check_for_numpy function() in setupext.py.

All I can imagine is that either because of sudo, or because of the
terminal you were in when you tried to build, your sys.path was not
including the /usr/local path.

Try:
sudo python -c "import numpy; print numpy.__version__"

sudo python -c "import sys; print '\n'.join(sys.path)"

The latter must include /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages.

Eric

How this problem could be solved?
Thanks a lot in advance.
Lucia

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No need. You should be able to build matplotlib without sudo and then install with sudo

python setup.py build
sudo python setup.py install

Cheers,
Scott

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On Feb 23, 2012 1:39 PM, <avalle@…3990…> wrote:

should I reinstall numpy?

7

should I reinstall numpy?

No need. You should be able to build matplotlib without sudo and then
install with sudo

python setup.py build
sudo python setup.py install

Yes! This is how it should be, but it's not.

I have gone a litte further trying to solve this. I have found out the
following:

If I do an import numpy in python run as user, it works. In fact, 'python
setup.py build' works perfectly as user. But if I do an import numpy in
python run as root, I get the error I pasted in my previous message:

:~/matplotlib$ sudo python
Python 2.7.2+ (default, Oct 4 2011, 20:06:09)
[GCC 4.6.1] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

import numpy

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/numpy/__init__.py", line
137, in <module>
    import add_newdocs
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/numpy/add_newdocs.py", line
9, in <module>
    from numpy.lib import add_newdoc
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/numpy/lib/__init__.py",
line 13, in <module>
    from polynomial import *
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/numpy/lib/polynomial.py",
line 17, in <module>
    from numpy.linalg import eigvals, lstsq
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/numpy/linalg/__init__.py",
line 48, in <module>
    from linalg import *
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/numpy/linalg/linalg.py",
line 23, in <module>
    from numpy.linalg import lapack_lite
ImportError: libifport.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file
or directory

After that I thought it must be something about this libifport.so that
numpy uses, but...

:~/matplotlib$ locate libifport
/opt/intel/Compiler/11.1/038/lib/intel64/libifport.a
/opt/intel/Compiler/11.1/038/lib/intel64/libifport.so
/opt/intel/Compiler/11.1/038/lib/intel64/libifport.so.5
:~/matplotlib$

:~$ echo LD\_LIBRARY\_PATH /opt/intel/Compiler/11\.1/038/lib/intel64:/opt/intel/Compiler/11\.1/038/mkl/lib/em64t :\~ sudo -s
root@:~# echo $LD_LIBRARY_PATH
/opt/intel/Compiler/11.1/038/lib/intel64:/opt/intel/Compiler/11.1/038/mkl/lib/em64t

So I don't know why python fails to import numpy as root... and I don't
know why mpl's installer needs to import numpy to install what has already
been built.

I haven't been able to solve this issue yet. Thank you all very much for
all your help.

Cheers,
Lucia.

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On Feb 23, 2012 1:39 PM, <avalle@...3990...> wrote:

8

Part of the build process imports numpy in order to check its version (I think). But the bigger question is why it fails as root. That is very odd.

Perhaps you should post that question for the numpy mailing list?

Cheers!
Ben Root

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On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 1:47 PM, <avalle@…3990…> wrote:

On Feb 23, 2012 1:39 PM, <avalle@…3990…> wrote:

should I reinstall numpy?

No need. You should be able to build matplotlib without sudo and then

install with sudo

python setup.py build

sudo python setup.py install

Yes! This is how it should be, but it’s not.

I have gone a litte further trying to solve this. I have found out the

following:

If I do an import numpy in python run as user, it works. In fact, 'python

setup.py build’ works perfectly as user. But if I do an import numpy in

python run as root, I get the error I pasted in my previous message:

:~/matplotlib$ sudo python

Python 2.7.2+ (default, Oct 4 2011, 20:06:09)

[GCC 4.6.1] on linux2

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

import numpy
Traceback (most recent call last):

File “”, line 1, in
File “/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/numpy/init.py”, line

137, in 

import add_newdocs

File “/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/numpy/add_newdocs.py”, line

9, in 

from numpy.lib import add_newdoc

File “/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/numpy/lib/init.py”,

line 13, in 

from polynomial import *

File “/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/numpy/lib/polynomial.py”,

line 17, in 

from numpy.linalg import eigvals, lstsq

File “/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/numpy/linalg/init.py”,

line 48, in 

from linalg import *

File “/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/numpy/linalg/linalg.py”,

line 23, in 

from numpy.linalg import lapack_lite

ImportError: libifport.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file

or directory

After that I thought it must be something about this libifport.so that

numpy uses, but…

:~/matplotlib$ locate libifport

/opt/intel/Compiler/11.1/038/lib/intel64/libifport.a

/opt/intel/Compiler/11.1/038/lib/intel64/libifport.so

/opt/intel/Compiler/11.1/038/lib/intel64/libifport.so.5

:~/matplotlib$

:~$ echo $LD_LIBRARY_PATH

/opt/intel/Compiler/11.1/038/lib/intel64:/opt/intel/Compiler/11.1/038/mkl/lib/em64t

:~$ sudo -s

root@:~# echo $LD_LIBRARY_PATH

/opt/intel/Compiler/11.1/038/lib/intel64:/opt/intel/Compiler/11.1/038/mkl/lib/em64t

So I don’t know why python fails to import numpy as root… and I don’t

know why mpl’s installer needs to import numpy to install what has already

been built.

I haven’t been able to solve this issue yet. Thank you all very much for

all your help.

Cheers,

Lucia.

9

Perhaps you should post that question for the numpy mailing list?

Thanks, I will try that. I have no clues
Cheers,
Lucia

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On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 1:47 PM, <avalle@...3990...> wrote:

> On Feb 23, 2012 1:39 PM, <avalle@...3990...> wrote:
>>
>> should I reinstall numpy?
>
> No need. You should be able to build matplotlib without sudo and then
> install with sudo
>
> python setup.py build
> sudo python setup.py install

Yes! This is how it should be, but it's not.

I have gone a litte further trying to solve this. I have found out the
following:

If I do an import numpy in python run as user, it works. In fact,
'python
setup.py build' works perfectly as user. But if I do an import numpy in
python run as root, I get the error I pasted in my previous message:

:~/matplotlib$ sudo python
Python 2.7.2+ (default, Oct 4 2011, 20:06:09)
[GCC 4.6.1] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import numpy
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/numpy/__init__.py", line
137, in <module>
   import add_newdocs
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/numpy/add_newdocs.py",
line
9, in <module>
   from numpy.lib import add_newdoc
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/numpy/lib/__init__.py",
line 13, in <module>
   from polynomial import *
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/numpy/lib/polynomial.py",
line 17, in <module>
   from numpy.linalg import eigvals, lstsq
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/numpy/linalg/__init__.py",
line 48, in <module>
   from linalg import *
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/numpy/linalg/linalg.py",
line 23, in <module>
   from numpy.linalg import lapack_lite
ImportError: libifport.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such
file
or directory

After that I thought it must be something about this libifport.so that
numpy uses, but...

:~/matplotlib$ locate libifport
/opt/intel/Compiler/11.1/038/lib/intel64/libifport.a
/opt/intel/Compiler/11.1/038/lib/intel64/libifport.so
/opt/intel/Compiler/11.1/038/lib/intel64/libifport.so.5
:~/matplotlib$

:~$ echo $LD_LIBRARY_PATH

/opt/intel/Compiler/11.1/038/lib/intel64:/opt/intel/Compiler/11.1/038/mkl/lib/em64t
:~$ sudo -s
root@:~# echo $LD_LIBRARY_PATH

/opt/intel/Compiler/11.1/038/lib/intel64:/opt/intel/Compiler/11.1/038/mkl/lib/em64t

So I don't know why python fails to import numpy as root... and I don't
know why mpl's installer needs to import numpy to install what has
already
been built.

I haven't been able to solve this issue yet. Thank you all very much for
all your help.

Cheers,
Lucia.

Part of the build process imports numpy in order to check its version (I
think). But the bigger question is why it fails as root. That is very
odd.

Perhaps you should post that question for the numpy mailing list?

Cheers!
Ben Root