Matplotlib import error

[C Smith]

On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 10:20 AM, Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 7, 2015 at 3:34 AM, C Smith <illusiontechniques at gmail.com> wrote:
>> ImportError: dlopen(/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/numpy/linalg/lapack_lite.so,
>> 2): Symbol not found: __gfortran_compare_string
>
> Ah, installing from source on a Mac and having problems. Have I heard
> this story before? Just occasionally? It's almost as if the platform
> is actively hostile toward C and Fortran...
>
> But I found this at the far end of a Google search. Maybe it'll help?
>
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22080154/error-importing-numpy-after-upgrading-with-pip
>
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I already had gcc installed and had used it to build other packages.
It worked in the past when clang was throwing errors. I tried making
the symlink from the stackoverflow question, but still get the same
errors. I will look around and see if I can find if gcc is even being
used by pip properly. I really regret not using virtual environments
from day one. Lesson learned the hard way, I guess. Thanks