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Hi again,
I have given up on installing matplotlib on linux for now, i have to 
upgrade my mandrake install anyway, then I will try again. Now I have an 
issue with installing matplotlib with gtk on my windows 2000 partition:
I followed the instructions on the web page to the letter:
	installed python23
 installed pygtk2.0 
 	installed gtk in C:\GTK
	added C:\GTK\lib and C:\GTK\include to the path
	installed matplotlib
For a test i ran:
	import pygtk
	pygtk.require('2.0')
	import gtk
At this point i get a system error telling me that the dynamic link 
library libglib-2.0-0.dll could not be found on my path. This makes sense 
since there IS no file libglib-2.0-0.dll in the GTK install, only a file 
called libglib-2.0.dll.a
What is going on? What have I done wrong?
Any help would be appreciated greatly!
katrin

>>>>> "Gary" == Gary Pajer <pa...@in...> writes:
 Gary> If I start interactive2.py, it complains that ShowOn can't
 Gary> be imported. Sure enough, there seems to be no method
 Gary> ShowOn. Or at least I can't find it. Consequently
 Gary> interactive2.py loses it's charm :)
 Gary> Or have I misunderstood something?
You are using an out-of-date interactive2.py. Matplotlib recently
changed (improved!) the way it sets the interactive flags. You have
the new matplotlib module and the old interactive2.py code. Grab
the latest *.tar.gz or *.zip and use examples/interactive2.py from
that code.
Should help,
JDH

If I start interactive2.py, it complains that ShowOn can't be imported.
Sure enough, there seems to be no method ShowOn. Or at least I can't find
it. Consequently interactive2.py loses it's charm :)
Or have I misunderstood something?
-gary
WinXP, python 2.3.3, matplotlib 5.0, GTK 2.2.4.1

>>>>> "katrin" == katrin schenk <sc...@ph...> writes:
 katrin> Hi all, I am DESPERATE to use matplotlib on my linux
 katrin> box...Here is the problem, according to my linux box,
 katrin> Gtk+2.0 and the corresponding libgtk developer tools are
 katrin> installed. However, when I try to configure pygtk2.0
 katrin> (needed by matplotlib) I get an error saying that gtk+2.0
 katrin> is not installed, (I also tried (foolishly) to run a
 katrin> matplotlib example file with a gtk backgroud and got a
 katrin> "gobject missing" error). Has anyone else had a problem
 katrin> like this? Anyone know how to fix?
Hi Katrin,
I saw that you were already getting some good suggestions on the pygtk
list, which I also read. Those are the same things I would suggest
too: try an rpm, if not, make sure your pkgconfig for pygtk is updated
eg, what doed the following reveal?
 localhost:~> pkg-config --modversion gtk+-2.0
 2.2.1
Even if your RPM installed them, if pkgconfig cannot find them, you'll
have install troubles. You can set the path pkgconfig uses to find
files, eg, 
 setenv PKG_CONFIG_PATH /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/lib/pkgconfig
In this case, you want to make sure the file gtk+-2.0.pc is in your
PKG_CONFIG_PATH path.
But these are all fallback suggestions if the rpm doesn't work for
you. If you have more trouble, it will help also to provide the exact
compiler error.
Good luck. If you figure out what was going wrong and fix it, let me
know and I'll update the website docs.
JDH

Hi all,
I am DESPERATE to use matplotlib on my linux box...Here is the problem,
according to my linux box, Gtk+2.0 and the corresponding libgtk developer 
tools are installed. However, when I try to configure pygtk2.0 (needed by 
matplotlib) I get an error saying that gtk+2.0 is not installed, (I 
also tried (foolishly) to run a matplotlib example file with a gtk 
backgroud and got a "gobject missing" error). Has anyone else had a 
problem like this? Anyone know how to fix?
katrin