[Pythonmac-SIG] matplotlib installation issues

[Tim Gray]

Hi, I've been trying to install matplotlib .74 for a little bit and have been running into some problems.  I installed python 2.4.1 from <http://undefined.org/python/> and Tcl/TkAqua 8.4.9 from <http://tcltkaqua.sf.net/>.  I then compiled and installed zlib 1.2.2, libpng 1.2.8, freetype 2.1.9, Numeric 23.8, and numarray 1.2.3, in that order.  Nothing seemed to go wrong at these stages.

Finally I was ready to compile/install matplotlib.  It seemed to progress well.  When it came time to import pylab, python exited.  I've tried installing matplotlib .72-1 and the same thing happened.  It also happened when I tried someone's pre-compiled version of .73.  When running python -v, I saw this same error everytime, any version of matplotlib:

# /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/site-packages/matplotlib/transforms.pyc matches /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/site-packages/matplotlib/transforms.py
import matplotlib.transforms # precompiled from /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/site-packages/matplotlib/transforms.pyc
# /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/site-packages/matplotlib/_transforms.pyc matches /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/site-packages/matplotlib/_transforms.py
import matplotlib._transforms # precompiled from /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/site-packages/matplotlib/_transforms.pyc
Illegal instruction

I'd really like to make this work.  Any suggestions?