[Matplotlib-users] Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Compiling matplotlib on OS-X without Fink

[Bob Ippolito]

On Feb 1, 2005, at 19:28, Chris Barker wrote:

> Larry Meyn wrote:
>> An alternative way to get freetype, libpng and zlib for OS X is to 
>> use  the  the  i-Installer (http://ii2.sourceforge.net/) distribution 
>>  application.  It is primarily for TeX on OS X, but it provides 
>> several  other useful binaries for OS X.
>
> Thanks larry. I've used that for TeX, which is probably where I got 
> zlib. However, somehow I found it to be a real pain to use, I don't 
> really remember why.
>
> It's too bad that Apple hasn't provided an officially sanctioned 
> package manger for this kind of thing. It's really a mess with Fink, 
> DarwinPorts, Portage, i-Installer, etc. Oh well, at least we can get 
> this stuff working, I wouldn't have even tried with the old MacOS.

Well Apple does sponsor a bit of darwinports development one way or 
another, and it has the capability to build .pkg installers.

Anyway, PJE and I are working on the Next Big Thing in Python packages 
<http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/PythonEggs> that will make 
this problem go away at some point.  Hopefully by March ;)

-bob