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seeking matplotlib install advice
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2006-12-04 07:14:49
Hi,

I've installed matplotlib (v 0.87.6_0) via macports (os x
10.4.8,  
python 2.4.3). I've tried following the
"interactive" instructions at  
matplotlib.sourceforge.net/interactive.html, which tells me
to modify  
matplotlibrc as follows:

interactive : True
backend : TkAgg

My general usage is via ipython -pylab, which should
automatically  
setup the necessary extra thread for plotting, but I've seen
similar  
behavior in vanilla python shells as well.

I can run matplotlib commands (e.g. plot([1,2,3])) but plot
windows  
are never shown (even after I explicitly call show()). I can
save the  
figure and view it as a pgn, so much is working.

When I configure matplotlibrc via the rec'd TkAgg backend, I
get the  
following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/opt/local/bin/ipython", line 28, in ?
     IPython.Shell.start().mainloop()
   [snip]
   File
"/opt/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/matplotlib/back
ends/ 
backend_tkagg.py", line 8, in ?
     import tkagg                 # Paint image to Tk photo
blitter  
extension
   File
"/opt/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/matplotlib/back
ends/ 
tkagg.py", line 1, in ?
     import _tkagg
ImportError: No module named _tkagg

A google search led me to believe I didn't have "the
proper tcl-dev/ 
tk-dev" directories. I then noticed
there was a +gt2k macports matplotlib variant, and found
another  
search snippet that led me to believe
installing this new variant might relieve my woes.

No such luck.

Has anyone gotten matplotlib to plot figures interactively
in the  
macports/python24 setting?

Advice greatly appreciated.

--b 
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