I have a problem getting matplotlib 1.0.0 to work in Python 2.5.2 (Ubuntu 10.04)
See attached console output. Any ideas appreciated. Thanks
Python 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Jul 23 2010, 23:04:44)
[GCC 4.4.3] on linux2
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>>> import numpy
>>> import scipy
>>> import matplotlib
>>> print matplotlib.__version__
1.0.0
>>> print numpy.__version__
1.4.1
>>> print scipy.__version__
0.8.0rc3
>>> from pylab import *
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pylab.py", line 1, in <module>
from matplotlib.pylab import *
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/pylab.py", line 216, in <module>
from matplotlib import mpl # pulls in most modules
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/mpl.py", line 2, in <module>
from matplotlib import axis
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/axis.py", line 14, in <module>
import matplotlib.text as mtext
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/text.py", line 31, in <module>
from matplotlib.backend_bases import RendererBase
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/backend_bases.py", line 41, in <module>
import matplotlib.textpath as textpath
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/textpath.py", line 9, in <module>
from matplotlib.mathtext import MathTextParser
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/mathtext.py", line 52, in <module>
import matplotlib._png as _png
ImportError: libpng14.so.14: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
>>>
July 27,01:05
A rebuild of matlibplot gives:
sudo python setup.py build
basedirlist is: ['/usr/local', '/usr']
============================================================================
BUILDING MATPLOTLIB
matplotlib: 1.0.0
python: 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Jul 23 2010, 23:04:44) [GCC
4.4.3]
platform: linux2
REQUIRED DEPENDENCIES
numpy: 1.4.1
freetype2: 11.1.5
OPTIONAL BACKEND DEPENDENCIES
libpng: 1.4.3
Tkinter: no
* TKAgg requires Tkinter
wxPython: no
* wxPython not found
Gtk+: no
* Building for Gtk+ requires pygtk; you must be able
* to "import gtk" in your build/install environment
Mac OS X native: no
Qt: no
Qt4: no
Cairo: no
OPTIONAL DATE/TIMEZONE DEPENDENCIES
datetime: present, version unknown
dateutil: 1.5
pytz: 2010h
OPTIONAL USETEX DEPENDENCIES
dvipng: no
ghostscript: 8.71
latex: no
pdftops: 0.12.4
[Edit setup.cfg to suppress the above messages]
============================================================================
pymods ['pylab']
packages ['matplotlib', 'matplotlib.backends', 'matplotlib.backends.qt4_editor', 'matplotlib.projections', 'matplotlib.testing', 'matplotlib.testing.jpl_units', 'matplotlib.tests', 'mpl_toolkits', 'mpl_toolkits.mplot3d', 'mpl_toolkits.axes_grid', 'mpl_toolkits.axes_grid1', 'mpl_toolkits.axisartist', 'matplotlib.sphinxext', 'matplotlib.numerix', 'matplotlib.numerix.mlab', 'matplotlib.numerix.ma', 'matplotlib.numerix.linear_algebra', 'matplotlib.numerix.random_array', 'matplotlib.numerix.fft', 'matplotlib.tri', 'matplotlib.delaunay']
running build
running build_py
copying lib/matplotlib/mpl-data/matplotlibrc -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.5/matplotlib/mpl-data
copying lib/matplotlib/mpl-data/matplotlib.conf -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.5/matplotlib/mpl-data
running build_ext
sudo python setup.py install
basedirlist is: ['/usr/local', '/usr']
============================================================================
BUILDING MATPLOTLIB
matplotlib: 1.0.0
python: 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Jul 23 2010, 23:04:44) [GCC
4.4.3]
platform: linux2
REQUIRED DEPENDENCIES
numpy: 1.4.1
freetype2: 11.1.5
OPTIONAL BACKEND DEPENDENCIES
libpng: 1.4.3
Tkinter: no
* TKAgg requires Tkinter
wxPython: no
* wxPython not found
Gtk+: no
* Building for Gtk+ requires pygtk; you must be able
* to "import gtk" in your build/install environment
Mac OS X native: no
Qt: no
Qt4: no
Cairo: no
OPTIONAL DATE/TIMEZONE DEPENDENCIES
datetime: present, version unknown
dateutil: 1.5
pytz: 2010h
OPTIONAL USETEX DEPENDENCIES
dvipng: no
ghostscript: 8.71
latex: no
pdftops: 0.12.4
[Edit setup.cfg to suppress the above messages]
============================================================================
pymods ['pylab']
packages ['matplotlib', 'matplotlib.backends', 'matplotlib.backends.qt4_editor', 'matplotlib.projections', 'matplotlib.testing', 'matplotlib.testing.jpl_units', 'matplotlib.tests', 'mpl_toolkits', 'mpl_toolkits.mplot3d', 'mpl_toolkits.axes_grid', 'mpl_toolkits.axes_grid1', 'mpl_toolkits.axisartist', 'matplotlib.sphinxext', 'matplotlib.numerix', 'matplotlib.numerix.mlab', 'matplotlib.numerix.ma', 'matplotlib.numerix.linear_algebra', 'matplotlib.numerix.random_array', 'matplotlib.numerix.fft', 'matplotlib.tri', 'matplotlib.delaunay']
running install
running build
running build_py
copying lib/matplotlib/mpl-data/matplotlibrc -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.5/matplotlib/mpl-data
copying lib/matplotlib/mpl-data/matplotlib.conf -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.5/matplotlib/mpl-data
running build_ext
running install_lib
copying build/lib.linux-i686-2.5/matplotlib/mpl-data/matplotlibrc -> /usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data
copying build/lib.linux-i686-2.5/matplotlib/mpl-data/matplotlib.conf -> /usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data
running install_egg_info
Removing /usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib-1.0.0-py2.5.egg-info
Writing /usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib-1.0.0-py2.5.egg-info
You should check your LD_LIBRARY_PATH environnment variable and check that your libpng is in it.
The problem reported by python is a problem of dynamic loading : Nothing to see with the recompilation of matplotlib.
So :
Find the location of libpng.14.so with :
$> locate libpng.14.so
Note that the file must have the exact name so you may have to create a symbolic link if for example you have libpng.14.so.0 or something like that (Usually the symbolic links are automatically created when you install your lib
If you don’t have any libpng.14.so.something or libpng.14.so, you may need to reinstall libpng 1.4 (with your package manager or directly from the sources)
Check $LD_LIBRARY_PATH. Change it if you need with :
$> export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=anewDir:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH