[Matplotlib-users] Installation issue

[Jacopo Landi]

Finally I uninstalled python and all downloaded packages and installed it
again, following different instructions. Now pip runs very fine and a
simple pip install matplotlib works!

Thank you for the support!

On Tue, 4 Dec 2018, 16:38 Antony Lee <anntzer.lee at gmail.com wrote:

> I would suggest removing the link to mpl-winbuild (which appears to not
> have been updated for 4 years) and state something to the effect of
> - either use the built wheels/conda packages (I think this is what the OP
> needs)
> - or use conda to get libpng set up
> - or set it up on your own.
> Once libpng and a recent enough MSVC are present, building Matplotlib
> oneself is "reasonably" straightforward.
> Antony
>
> On Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 2:39 PM Thomas Caswell <tcaswell at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> If you are using conda it may also be worth looking at the recipe build
>> script and / or the installation.
>>
>> Our official window install install instructions (
>> https://matplotlib.org/users/installing.html#build-windows ) point at
>> matplotlib-winbuild so I think this is our problem to either fix or own
>> complete install documentation in our docs.
>>
>> Tom
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 5:47 PM Paul Hobson <pmhobson at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> What I believe Ben means is that since the matplotlib development team
>>> doesn't maintain those scripts, this list isn't the best place for your
>>> question (as odd as that may seem). My recommendation would be to the look
>>> through the open issues at the matplitlib-winbuild repository and check if
>>> someone having a similar issue has figured out a solution. If not, you
>>> could create a new issue at the repository explaining your predicament.
>>> -Paul
>>>
>>> On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 2:18 PM Jacopo Landi <jacopo.landi1 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have already followed all that instructions...But still it gaves me
>>>> this error and I can't understand what I'm doing wrong ☹️
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, 3 Dec 2018, 18:38 Benjamin Root <ben.v.root at gmail.com wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> This seems to be an issue with
>>>>> https://github.com/jbmohler/matplotlib-winbuild. You might want to
>>>>> check there first.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 9:32 AM Jack_Landis <jacopo.landi1 at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Dear all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm trying to install matplotlib on my pc (Windows 10). I got this
>>>>>> error:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> $ python buildall.py
>>>>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>>>>   File "buildall.py", line 58, in <module>
>>>>>>     main(options)
>>>>>>   File "buildall.py", line 11, in main
>>>>>>     utils.build_zlib()
>>>>>>   File
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "C:\Users\laj\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib-winbuild\utils.py",
>>>>>> line 136, in build_zlib
>>>>>>     cmd.write(prepare_build_cmd(ZLIB_BUILD_CMD))
>>>>>>   File
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "C:\Users\laj\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib-winbuild\utils.py",
>>>>>> line 63, in prepare_build_cmd
>>>>>>     raise RuntimeError('Microsoft VS {} required'.format('2010' if
>>>>>> VS2010
>>>>>> else '2008'))
>>>>>> RuntimeError: Microsoft VS 2010 required
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I already have "Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 redistributable" installed
>>>>>> (I have
>>>>>> 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2017 installed). What shall I do?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you very much!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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