Re: [Matplotlib-users] easy way to find and install all dependencies for Ubuntu source install

On Wednesday 26 March 2008 10:15:13 am Ryan Krauss wrote:
> I need to help a friend install from source on Ubuntu Gutsy.  What is
> the easiest way to determine all dependencies and make sure he has all
> the right dev packages?  I suspect we want to install the WXAgg,
> GTKAgg, TkAGG, and postscript backends.

You could just try running "python setup.py build". That will test for all the 
required and optional libraries and generate a report at the beginning of the 
process. Be mindful of missing headers or devel libraries.

Darren