[Matplotlib-users] Matplotlib 1.4.2 / 1.4.3 doesn't install from source

[fbarbuto]

Hello,

I have Matplotlib 1.3.1 installed on my Ubuntu 14.04 system and thought it
was time to upgrade to 1.4.2. I never get the latest version for
compatibility reasons (some packages that use Matplotlib might stop
working). I then downloaded the tarball, uncompressed its contents into a
folder and executed "sudo python setup.py build". However, I got the
following error (last few lines only):

c++ -pthread -shared -Wl,-O1 -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions
-Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -Wl,-z,relro -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g
-fwrapv -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -g
-fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat -Werror=format-security
build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/src/ft2font.o
build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/src/mplutils.o
build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/extern/CXX/cxxsupport.o
build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/extern/CXX/cxx_extensions.o
build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/extern/CXX/IndirectPythonInterface.o
build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/extern/CXX/cxxextensions.o -L/usr/local/lib
-L/usr/local/lib64 -lfreetype -lstdc++ -lm -o
build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/matplotlib/ft2font.so
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/local/lib64/libstdc++.a(si_class_type_info.o): relocation
R_X86_64_32S against `_ZTVN10__cxxabiv120__si_class_type_infoE' can not be
used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
/usr/local/lib64/libstdc++.a: error adding symbols: Bad value
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
error: command 'c++' failed with exit status 1

I then tried the same with Matplotlib 1.4.3 (why not?) and got the same
results.

What's going on here?

Thanks so much for any help.

Fausto



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