Re: [matplotlib-devel] Some notes on building from CVS

On Apr 12, 2004, at 6:33 PM, Daishi Harada wrote:

> On mac os x, I was going to use fink for the dependencies, and so
> I modified setupext.py as follows:
>
> (snipped diff output)
>
> Do most of the users of matplotlib on os x not use fink?

Because I often build extensions for others, I try to stay away from 
fink as much as possible in this step.  Not because I don't like it, 
but  because I'm reluctant to require yet another dependency. For 
someone without fink, it's probably easier to just install freetype 
than fink and freetype. Furthermore, I think it should be possible to 
compile matplotlib against the a static freetype library that gets 
installed directly with matplotlib, thus not relying on any external 
dependency.

I think I can share some of the credit/blame Mac OS X-specific build 
stuff, and I certainly didn't want to make fink a requirement.

For the fink-inclined, I think the best thing to do is to make 
fink-based matplotlib distribution which is built against the other 
fink stuff.

> The stumper
> for me is that I have been unable to build scipy/numpy for the python
> that is bundled with os x - has anyone been successful with this?
> (is this process documented anywhere?)

I have an old build that just worked from mid-2003, and I haven't had 
much success in the few times I've tried to update since then.  Sorry, 
I can't be much help here.  But why do you include numpy in your 
statement?  There's no problem with this one.  I think it's even 
included with the PackageManager stuff, and I'd be surprised if fink 
didn't include it, too.