[yt-users] yt on Nautilus

[Carolyn Peruta]

When I load the yt module on Nautilus and try to use it I get the following error:

 File "/sw/analysis/yt/2.1/sles11.1_gnu4.3.4/bin/yt", line 9, in <module>
    load_entry_point('yt==2.2dev', 'console_scripts', 'yt')()
  File "/sw/analysis/yt/2.1/sles11.1_gnu4.3.4/lib/python2.7/site-packages/distribute-0.6.14-py2.7.egg/pkg_resources.py", line 305, in load_entry_point
    return get_distribution(dist).load_entry_point(group, name)
  File "/sw/analysis/yt/2.1/sles11.1_gnu4.3.4/lib/python2.7/site-packages/distribute-0.6.14-py2.7.egg/pkg_resources.py", line 2244, in load_entry_point
    return ep.load()
  File "/sw/analysis/yt/2.1/sles11.1_gnu4.3.4/lib/python2.7/site-packages/distribute-0.6.14-py2.7.egg/pkg_resources.py", line 1954, in load
    entry = __import__(self.module_name, globals(),globals(), ['__name__'])
  File "/nics/e/sw/analysis/yt/2.1/sles11.1_gnu4.3.4/src/yt-hg/yt/utilities/command_line.py", line 26, in <module>
    from yt.mods import *
  File "/nics/e/sw/analysis/yt/2.1/sles11.1_gnu4.3.4/src/yt-hg/yt/mods.py", line 92, in <module>
    from yt.visualization.api import \
  File "/nics/e/sw/analysis/yt/2.1/sles11.1_gnu4.3.4/src/yt-hg/yt/visualization/api.py", line 31, in <module>
    from color_maps import \
  File "/nics/e/sw/analysis/yt/2.1/sles11.1_gnu4.3.4/src/yt-hg/yt/visualization/color_maps.py", line 26, in <module>
    import matplotlib
  File "/sw/analysis/yt/2.1/sles11.1_gnu4.3.4/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/__init__.py", line 739, in <module>
    rcParams = rc_params()
  File "/sw/analysis/yt/2.1/sles11.1_gnu4.3.4/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/__init__.py", line 657, in rc_params
    fname = matplotlib_fname()
  File "/sw/analysis/yt/2.1/sles11.1_gnu4.3.4/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/__init__.py", line 595, in matplotlib_fname
    fname = os.path.join(get_configdir(), 'matplotlibrc')
  File "/sw/analysis/yt/2.1/sles11.1_gnu4.3.4/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/__init__.py", line 248, in wrapper
    ret = func(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/sw/analysis/yt/2.1/sles11.1_gnu4.3.4/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/__init__.py", line 460, in _get_configdir
    raise RuntimeError('Could not write to MPLCONFIGDIR="%s"'%configdir)
RuntimeError: Could not write to MPLCONFIGDIR="/lustre/scratch/perutaca/.matplotlib/"


Does the module need to be updated or is there something wrong with my setup?

Best,

Carolyn