[yt-users] Installing matplotlib-1.4.0

[Wise, John H]

Hi,

I think the dev version of the install script specifically includes setuptools.  Should this be backported to the stable install script?

Thanks,
John

> On 21 Jul 2015, at 02:40, Cameron Hummels <chummels at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> As per the failure message, you could try installing setuptools with a version more recent than 17.1.  You could either install a copy of setuptools locally or request it of the sysadmins on Ada.
> 
> https://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools
> 
> Cameron
> 
> On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 11:32 PM, Shankar Agarwal <agarwalshankar at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> My yt installation quits at matplotlib. The machine is http://www.idris.fr/eng/ada/ada-presentation-eng.html
> 
> Any idea how may I solve/bypass the following error:
> 
> Thanks
> Shankar
> 
> 
> Installing distribute
> Installing pip
> Installing numpy-1.8.2
> Installing matplotlib-1.4.0
> ********************************************
>         FAILURE REPORT:
> ********************************************
> 
> Processing dependencies for matplotlib==1.4.0
> Searching for mock
> Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/mock/
> Best match: mock 1.2.0
> Downloading https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/m/mock/mock-1.2.0.tar.gz#md5=94ec3b0bea7486018196d59c05ff8645
> Processing mock-1.2.0.tar.gz
> Writing /tmp/easy_install-a12wMg/mock-1.2.0/setup.cfg
> Running mock-1.2.0/setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir /tmp/easy_install-a12wMg/mock-1.2.0/egg-dist-tmp-1nkTUJ
> mock requires setuptools>=17.1. Aborting installation
> error: Setup script exited with 1
> 
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