[SciPy-user] 64 bit on Mac?

[Robert Kern]

On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 11:36, Adam <keflavich at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> It turns out... that is not the problem.  I still have the error I
> reported earlier:
> >>> from matplotlib import pyplot
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
>  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/
> python2.6/site-packages/matplotlib/pyplot.py", line 6, in <module>
>    from matplotlib.figure import Figure, figaspect
>  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/
> python2.6/site-packages/matplotlib/figure.py", line 19, in <module>
>    from axes import Axes, SubplotBase, subplot_class_factory
>  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/
> python2.6/site-packages/matplotlib/axes.py", line 11, in <module>
>    import matplotlib.axis as maxis
>  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/
> python2.6/site-packages/matplotlib/axis.py", line 9, in <module>
>    import matplotlib.font_manager as font_manager
>  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/
> python2.6/site-packages/matplotlib/font_manager.py", line 52, in
> <module>
>    from matplotlib import ft2font
> ImportError: dlopen(/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/
> lib/python2.6/site-packages/matplotlib/ft2font.so, 2): Symbol not
> found: _FT_Attach_File
>  Referenced from: /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/
> lib/python2.6/site-packages/matplotlib/ft2font.so
>  Expected in: dynamic lookup
>
> but apparently I DO have a 64 bit version of the FreeType library:
>
> eta ~/Downloads/matplotlib-0.98.5.3$ file /Library/Frameworks/
> Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages/matplotlib/
> ft2font.so
> /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/site-
> packages/matplotlib/ft2font.so: Mach-O universal binary with 4
> architectures
> /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/site-
> packages/matplotlib/ft2font.so (for architecture i386):    Mach-O
> bundle i386
> /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/site-
> packages/matplotlib/ft2font.so (for architecture ppc7400): Mach-O
> bundle ppc
> /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/site-
> packages/matplotlib/ft2font.so (for architecture ppc64):   Mach-O 64-
> bit bundle ppc64
> /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/site-
> packages/matplotlib/ft2font.so (for architecture x86_64):  Mach-O 64-
> bit bundle x86_64

No, you have a 64-bit build of the ft2font.so extension module, not
the libfreetype.dylib that it links with. Please use "otool -L
ft2font.so" to see what libraries it is trying to load dynamically.

--
Robert Kern

"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless
enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as
though it had an underlying truth."
 -- Umberto Eco