Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 194595
Wrong numerical package used
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:11:35 EST
Description of problem: I had python-matplotlib and numpy installed but running easy examples, e.g. http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/screenshots/simple_plot.py, I got no error but a erraneous plots. I found the solution and it is to download the http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/matplotlibrc file and save it in ~/.matplotlib/ This file has a line that sets the numerix component to numpy instead of the default one. I think the matplotlib package should check which numerical package (numpy, Numeric or numarray) is currently installed and set the numerix entry in the matplotlibrc file accordingly. Thank you, Luca Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): rpm -q python-matplotlib numpy python-matplotlib-0.87.2-2.fc5 numpy-0.9.6-1.fc5 How reproducible: always
I don't see any problem simple_plot.py on my FC5 box. matplotlib can use any of python-numeric, numpy, or python-numarray. Currently it defaults to python-numeric. Someday it may default to numpy, but I'm not going to make assumptions about what numeric package a user wants based on what's installed at the time.