[Pythonmac-SIG] Problems with matplotlib

[Larry Meyn]

Has anyone had problems with installing and using matplotlib under OS X?

I've tried installing the last couple of versions and while  
installation goes smoothly it crashes when I try to import from pylab,  
as shown below

 >>> from pylab import *
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
   File  
"/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/lib/ 
python2.3/site-packages/pylab.py", line 1, in ?
     from matplotlib.pylab import *
   File  
"/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/lib/ 
python2.3/site-packages/matplotlib/pylab.py", line 194, in ?
     from axes import Axes, PolarAxes
   File  
"/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/lib/ 
python2.3/site-packages/matplotlib/axes.py", line 16, in ?
     from artist import Artist
   File  
"/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/lib/ 
python2.3/site-packages/matplotlib/artist.py", line 3, in ?
     from transforms import identity_transform
   File  
"/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/lib/ 
python2.3/site-packages/matplotlib/transforms.py", line 189, in ?
     from _transforms import IDENTITY, LOG10, POLAR, Func, FuncXY
ImportError: cannot import name POLAR


I running python 2.3 on OS X 10.3.7 with Numeric 23.6 installed.  Any  
help with this would be greatly appreciated.

Larry

Larry Meyn
Aerospace Operations Modeling Office
NASA Ames Research Center