Thread: [Matplotlib-users] Installing the debian package

Is the debian package for matplotlib broken??

I found the following error when trying to install the debian package
for matplotlib as per the instructions at the bottom of
http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/installing.html.

apt-get install python-matplotlib python-matplotlib-doc
"The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  python-matplotlib: Depends: python2.3-matplotlib (= 0.82-1) but it is
not going to be installed
E: Broken packages"

I then tried apt-get install python2.3-matplotlib:
"The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  python2.3-matplotlib: Depends: libcairo1 but it is not installable
E: Broken packages"

I then tried apt-get install libcairo1:
"Package libcairo1 is not available, but is referred to by another
package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package libcairo1 has no installation candidate"

Regards,
Noel

Noel O'Boyle wrote:
> Is the debian package for matplotlib broken??
> 
> I found the following error when trying to install the debian package
> for matplotlib as per the instructions at the bottom of
> http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/installing.html.

[snipped]

> 
> I then tried apt-get install python2.3-matplotlib:
> "The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>   python2.3-matplotlib: Depends: libcairo1 but it is not installable
> E: Broken packages"
> 
> I then tried apt-get install libcairo1:
> "Package libcairo1 is not available, but is referred to by another
> package.
> This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
> is only available from another source
> E: Package libcairo1 has no installation candidate"

Debian sid libraries are in transition. You can get older version of packages
via http://snapshot.debian.net

> 
> Regards,
> Noel
> 

Regards,
ST
--

>>>>> "Noel" == Noel O'Boyle <noe...@ma...> writes:

    Noel> Is the debian package for matplotlib broken??  I found the
    Noel> following error when trying to install the debian package
    Noel> for matplotlib as per the instructions at the bottom of
    Noel> http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/installing.html.

What debian variant are you using.  If by chance ubuntu, I could point
you to my own repository which usually has the latest mpl from CVS.

JDH

Debian Sarge. What are the dependencies of the Ubuntu package you have
created?

I've also tried to compile it with Tk support, and it compiles fine, but
it won't import the library as it is looking for gtk (but in setup.py I
told it to use Tk!).

... it seems that I need to compile pygtk myself now.

Regards,
Noel

On Wed, 2005-09-07 at 09:16 -0500, John Hunter wrote:
> >>>>> "Noel" == Noel O'Boyle <noe...@ma...> writes:
> 
>     Noel> Is the debian package for matplotlib broken??  I found the
>     Noel> following error when trying to install the debian package
>     Noel> for matplotlib as per the instructions at the bottom of
>     Noel> http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/installing.html.
> 
> What debian variant are you using.  If by chance ubuntu, I could point
> you to my own repository which usually has the latest mpl from CVS.
> 
> JDH
> 
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On Wed, 07 Sep 2005, John Hunter <jdh...@ac...> wrote...

> >>>>> "Noel" == Noel O'Boyle <noe...@ma...> writes:
> 
>     Noel> Is the debian package for matplotlib broken??  I found the
>     Noel> following error when trying to install the debian package
>     Noel> for matplotlib as per the instructions at the bottom of
>     Noel> http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/installing.html.
> 
> What debian variant are you using.  If by chance ubuntu, I could point
> you to my own repository which usually has the latest mpl from CVS.

I'd be quite interested in being pointed at these repositories please 
John.

Cheers,

Timl

> 
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>>>>> "Tim" == Tim Leslie <ti...@cs...> writes:

    Noel> Is the debian package for matplotlib broken??  I found the
    Noel> following error when trying to install the debian package
    Noel> for matplotlib as per the instructions at the bottom of
    Noel> http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/installing.html.
    >>  What debian variant are you using.  If by chance ubuntu, I
    >> could point you to my own repository which usually has the
    >> latest mpl from CVS.

    Tim> I'd be quite interested in being pointed at these
    Tim> repositories please John.

A word of warning.  These quick and dirty packages and they don't do
all the right things (like gpg authentication) and aren't "debian
compliant" (sorry too little time).  However, I have used them on a
number of ubuntu hoary systems (including a custom livecd with all the
scientific python goodies) and haven't had any trouble.

Included below is my sources.list (universe + multiverse + my repo).  

> sudo apt-get update
> sudo apt-get install python-matplotlib-jdh

I have other packages in there too: scipy CVS (scipy-jdh), ipython CVS
(ipython-jdh) and so on.

JDH

# /etc/apt/sources.list
#deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 5.04 _Hoary Hedgehog_ - Release i386 (20050407)]/ hoary main restricted


deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary main restricted
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary-updates main restricted
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary-updates main restricted

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'universe'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary universe
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary universe

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary-security main restricted

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary-security universe

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary multiverse

## Backports
deb http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net/ hoary-backports main universe multiverse restricted
deb http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net/ hoary-extras main universe multiverse restricted

#deb file:///home/jdhunter/debs binary/

deb http://peds-pc311.bsd.uchicago.edu binary/

On Wed, 07 Sep 2005, John Hunter <jdh...@ac...> wrote...

> >>>>> "Tim" == Tim Leslie <ti...@cs...> writes:
> 
>     Noel> Is the debian package for matplotlib broken??  I found the
>     Noel> following error when trying to install the debian package
>     Noel> for matplotlib as per the instructions at the bottom of
>     Noel> http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/installing.html.
>     >>  What debian variant are you using.  If by chance ubuntu, I
>     >> could point you to my own repository which usually has the
>     >> latest mpl from CVS.
> 
>     Tim> I'd be quite interested in being pointed at these
>     Tim> repositories please John.
> 
> A word of warning.  These quick and dirty packages and they don't do
> all the right things (like gpg authentication) and aren't "debian
> compliant" (sorry too little time).  However, I have used them on a
> number of ubuntu hoary systems (including a custom livecd with all the
> scientific python goodies) and haven't had any trouble.

Thanks for that, it worked just fine on a standard breezy install. How 
closely does your repo track CVS? If I see an email saying "fixed in cvs", 
how long should I expect it to take for a new package to be available? Not 
that it particularly matters, I'm just curious.

Cheers,

Timl

> 
> Included below is my sources.list (universe + multiverse + my repo).  
> 
> > sudo apt-get update
> > sudo apt-get install python-matplotlib-jdh
> 
> I have other packages in there too: scipy CVS (scipy-jdh), ipython CVS
> (ipython-jdh) and so on.
> 
> JDH
> 
> # /etc/apt/sources.list
> #deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 5.04 _Hoary Hedgehog_ - Release i386 (20050407)]/ hoary main restricted
> 
> 
> deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary main restricted
> deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary main restricted
> 
> ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
> ## distribution.
> deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary-updates main restricted
> deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary-updates main restricted
> 
> ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'universe'
> ## repository.
> ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
> ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
> ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
> ## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
> ## team.
> deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary universe
> deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary universe
> 
> deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary-security main restricted
> deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary-security main restricted
> 
> deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary-security universe
> deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary-security universe
> 
> deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary multiverse
> deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary multiverse
> 
> ## Backports
> deb http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net/ hoary-backports main universe multiverse restricted
> deb http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net/ hoary-extras main universe multiverse restricted
> 
> #deb file:///home/jdhunter/debs binary/
> 
> deb http://peds-pc311.bsd.uchicago.edu binary/
> 
> 
> 
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>>>>> "Tim" == Tim Leslie <ti...@cs...> writes:

    Tim> Thanks for that, it worked just fine on a standard breezy
    Tim> install. How closely does your repo track CVS? If I see an
    Tim> email saying "fixed in cvs", how long should I expect it to
    Tim> take for a new package to be available? Not that it
    Tim> particularly matters, I'm just curious.

I don't have a policy -- I tend to update the repo on an "as needed"
basis, where as-needed means one of the apps I deploy at work needs
the latest-greatest features or bug-fixes.  I have recently started
naming CVS versions with tags like

  0.84.cvs.2

If you need a feature from CVS and it is not yet in the repo, you can
always email me and I can update.  It takes just a minute or two to
update the repo.

I just did this and ticked the version num to 0.84.cvs.3, which is
current with CVS as of 30 seconds ago.

So feel free to update one more time.

JDH

Hi

Well I'm running a 2.6.11 testing kernel (due to some hardware problems
under 2.6.8) but I fetch all my software (via apt-get) from the stable
archives. I'm no Debian expert but I know that apt-get and dpkg perform
good dependency checking when you install a .deb and should tell you if
some required packages are too old. I had no problems with the two
packages and my mpl is running fine. Note that I installed

libpixman1_0.1.5-1_i386.deb
libcairo1_0.4.0-1_i386.deb

but I guess that the newer versions now available should also do the job.

cheers,
steve


Noel O'Boyle wrote:
> Thanks Steve,
> I prefer to use .debs where possible. Is it risky to use packages from
> unstable? I don't want to return to an rpm nightmare.
> 
> Regards,
> Noel
> 
> On Thu, 2005-09-08 at 11:19 +0200, Steve Schmerler wrote:
> 
>>Noel O'Boyle wrote:
>>
>>>Is the debian package for matplotlib broken??
>>>
>>>I found the following error when trying to install the debian package
>>>for matplotlib as per the instructions at the bottom of
>>>http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/installing.html.
>>>
>>>apt-get install python-matplotlib python-matplotlib-doc
>>>"The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>>>  python-matplotlib: Depends: python2.3-matplotlib (= 0.82-1) but it is
>>>not going to be installed
>>>E: Broken packages"
>>>
>>>I then tried apt-get install python2.3-matplotlib:
>>>"The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>>>  python2.3-matplotlib: Depends: libcairo1 but it is not installable
>>>E: Broken packages"
>>>
>>>I then tried apt-get install libcairo1:
>>>"Package libcairo1 is not available, but is referred to by another
>>>package.
>>>This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
>>>is only available from another source
>>>E: Package libcairo1 has no installation candidate"
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>Noel
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>Hi
>>
>>Seems that you have compiled mpl yourself by now. Anyway if you (or 
>>others) are still interested in installing the .debs from 
>>http://anakonda.altervista.org:
>>
>>I had to download and install libpixman1*.deb and libcairo1*.deb from 
>>debian.org (apt-get didn't find any of these since I'm running a sarge 
>>stable). Meanwhile there is a
>>libcairo2_1.0.0-2_i386.deb in unstable and a ibpixman1_0.1.6-1_i386.deb 
>>in testing.
>>
>>After installing these I could do
>>
>>apt-get install python2.3-matplotlib python-matplotlib-data 
>>python-matplotlib-doc
>>
>>cheers,
>>steve
> 
>