<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I forgot to mention, when I ran <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">$ sudo apt-get build-dep python-matplotlib</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I got the following message : (translated from Norwegian)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">Reding package lits ... Done</div><div class="">Creating overview for the dependencies </div><div class="">Reading status information ... Done </div><div class="">Choosing «matplotlib» as source package instead of «python-matplotlib»</div><div class="">Following packages have unresolved dependency relationships:</div><div class=""> libgtk2.0-dev : Depends on: libglib2.0-dev (>= 2.27.3) but shall not be installed</div><div class=""> Depends on: libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev (>= 2.21.0) but shall not be installed</div><div class=""> Depends on: libpango1.0-dev (>= 1.20) but shall not be installed</div><div class=""> Depends on: libatk1.0-dev (>= 1.29.2) but shall not be installed</div><div class=""> Depends on: libcairo2-dev (>= 1.6.4-6.1) but shall not be installed</div><div class=""> python-gtk2-dev : Depends on: libglib2.0-dev (>= 2.8) but shall not be installed</div><div class=""> Depends on: python-gobject-2-dev (>= 2.21.3) but shall not be installed</div><div class="">E: Did not manage to satisfy build dependencies for python-matplotlib.</div></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">4. nov. 2015 kl. 15.05 skrev Imran Ali <<a href="mailto:imranal@math.uio.no" class="">imranal@math.uio.no</a>>:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I did the following in order to (try) to install matplotlib :<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">$ git clone clone <a href="https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib.git" class="">https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib.git</a></div><div class="">$ cd matplotlib</div><div class="">$ python setup.py build</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Which generates the following message :</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><i class="">============================================================================</i></div><div class=""><i class="">Edit setup.cfg to change the build options</i></div><div class=""><i class=""><br class=""></i></div><div class=""><i class="">BUILDING MATPLOTLIB</i></div><div class=""><i class=""> matplotlib: yes [1.5.0+226.g2f3b2ca]</i></div><div class=""><i class=""> python: yes [2.7.9 (default, Apr 2 2015, 15:33:21) [GCC</i></div><div class=""><i class=""> 4.9.2]]</i></div><div class=""><i class=""> platform: yes [linux2]</i></div><div class=""><i class=""><br class=""></i></div><div class=""><i class="">REQUIRED DEPENDENCIES AND EXTENSIONS</i></div><div class=""><i class=""> numpy: yes [version 1.8.2]</i></div><div class=""><i class=""> dateutil: yes [using dateutil version 2.2]</i></div><div class=""><i class=""> functools32: yes [functools32 was not found. It is required for</i></div><div class=""><i class=""> forpython versions prior to 3.2]</i></div><div class=""><i class=""> pytz: yes [using pytz version 2014.10]</i></div><div class=""><i class=""> cycler: yes [cycler was not found. pip will attempt to</i></div><div class=""><i class=""> install it after matplotlib.]</i></div><div class=""><i class=""> tornado: yes [tornado was not found. It is required for the</i></div><div class=""><i class=""> WebAgg backend. pip/easy_install may attempt to</i></div><div class=""><i class=""> install it after matplotlib.]</i></div><div class=""><i class=""> pyparsing: yes [using pyparsing version 2.0.3]</i></div><div class=""><i class=""> libagg: yes [pkg-config information for 'libagg' could not</i></div><div class=""><i class=""> be found. Using local copy.]</i></div><div class=""><i class=""> freetype: no [The C/C++ header for freetype2 (ft2build.h)</i></div><div class=""><i class=""> could not be found. You may need to install the</i></div><div class=""><i class=""> development package.]</i></div><div class=""><i class=""> png: no [pkg-config information for 'libpng' could not</i></div><div class=""><i class=""> be found.]</i></div><div class=""><i class=""> qhull: yes [pkg-config information for 'qhull' could not be</i></div><div class=""><i class=""> found. Using local copy.]</i></div><div class=""><i class=""><br class=""></i></div><div class=""><i class="">OPTIONAL SUBPACKAGES</i></div><div class=""><i class=""> sample_data: yes [installing]</i></div><div class=""><i class=""> toolkits: yes [installing]</i></div><div class=""><i class=""> tests: yes [using nose version 1.3.4 / using mock 1.0.1]</i></div><div class=""><i class=""> toolkits_tests: yes [using nose version 1.3.4 / using mock 1.0.1]</i></div><div class=""><i class=""><br class=""></i></div><div class=""><i class="">OPTIONAL BACKEND EXTENSIONS</i></div><div class=""><i class=""> macosx: no [Mac OS-X only]</i></div><div class=""><i class=""> qt5agg: no [PyQt5 not found]</i></div><div class=""><i class=""> qt4agg: yes [installing, Qt: 4.8.6, PyQt: 4.8.6; PySide not</i></div><div class=""><i class=""> found]</i></div><div class=""><i class=""> gtk3agg: yes [installing, version 3.13.14]</i></div><div class=""><i class=""> gtk3cairo: yes [installing, version 3.13.14]</i></div><div class=""><i class=""> gtkagg: no [The C/C++ header for gtk (gtk/gtk.h) could not</i></div><div class=""><i class=""> be found. You may need to install the development</i></div><div class=""><i class=""> package.]</i></div><div class=""><i class=""> tkagg: no [The C/C++ header for Tk (tk.h) could not be</i></div><div class=""><i class=""> found. You may need to install the development</i></div><div class=""><i class=""> package.]</i></div><div class=""><i class=""> wxagg: no [requires wxPython]</i></div><div class=""><i class=""> gtk: no [The C/C++ header for gtk (gtk/gtk.h) could not</i></div><div class=""><i class=""> be found. You may need to install the development</i></div><div class=""><i class=""> package.]</i></div><div class=""><i class=""> agg: yes [installing]</i></div><div class=""><i class=""> cairo: yes [installing, pycairo version 1.8.8]</i></div><div class=""><i class=""> windowing: no [Microsoft Windows only]</i></div><div class=""><i class=""><br class=""></i></div><div class=""><i class="">OPTIONAL LATEX DEPENDENCIES</i></div><div class=""><i class=""> dvipng: yes [version 1.14]</i></div><div class=""><i class=""> ghostscript: yes [version 9.15]</i></div><div class=""><i class=""> latex: yes [version 3.14159265]</i></div><div class=""><i class=""> pdftops: yes [version 0.30.0]</i></div><div class=""><i class=""><br class=""></i></div><div class=""><i class="">OPTIONAL PACKAGE DATA</i></div><div class=""><i class=""> dlls: no [skipping due to configuration]</i></div><div class=""><i class=""><br class=""></i></div><div class=""><i class="">============================================================================</i></div><div class=""><i class=""> * The following required packages can not be built:</i></div><div class=""><i class=""> * freetype, png</i></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">When I thereupon ran install command</div><div class="">$ python setup.py install</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I got the same output as above. Nothing happend. I have got v.1.4.2 on my machine, but would really like to have the dev version to test the new colormaps.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Imran</div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>