[LSST|dm-users 616] Re: bug in matplotlib and how to proceed with stack

[Alex Kim]

In hindsight, it was my own stupidity rather than the referred-to matplotlib bug that was causing the problem.  So I do suspect that as long as anaconda keeps up with bug fixes, your suggestion would have worked.

On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 5:09 PM, Tim Jenness <tjenness at lsst.org> wrote:

> I know you have it working, but wouldn’t “conda update matplotlib” have also worked? Or do you need something newer than 1.4.3?
> — 
> Tim Jenness
>> On May 6, 2015, at 17:01, Alex Kim <agkim at lbl.gov> wrote:
>> 
>> Success! Thanks again.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 4:40 PM, Simon Krughoff <simon.krughoff at gmail.com <mailto:simon.krughoff at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Alex,
>> 
>> I think it should be as easy as prepending the path to your anaconda/bin directory to your PATH environment variable.  Then remove the line from your loadLSST.* file that says `setup anaconda`.  Then when you source the loadLSST file, it should leave your python alone.
>> 
>> Let me know if that doesn't work.
>> Simon
>> 
>> On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 4:27 PM, Alex Kim <agkim at lbl.gov <mailto:agkim at lbl.gov>> wrote:
>> Lynne that is….
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 4:21 PM, Lynne Jones <ljones.uw at gmail.com <mailto:ljones.uw at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Alex, 
>> 
>> FWIW, I'm running the sims stuff using my own anaconda, installed in my home directory.
>> I don't think I had any major problems, except that I did have some installation issues relating to libraries/finding the 1.0 version of the ssl & associated libraries in Yosemite. (I brute-forced my way around that in the end by symlinking the anaconda library into the expected /usr/lib location). 
>> 
>> Lynne
>> 
>> On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 4:17 PM Alex Kim <agkim at lbl.gov <mailto:agkim at lbl.gov>> wrote:
>> Perhaps you can help with a technical issue. I installed the LSST stack including the internal anaconda.  Unfortunately, the matpllotlib in that distribution has a bug
>> 
>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18643417/matplotlib-not-working-after-successful-installation-on-mountain-lion <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18643417/matplotlib-not-working-after-successful-installation-on-mountain-lion>
>> 
>> which is  preventing me from working with the stack.
>> 
>> Is there a proper way to use a version of the LSST stack with an internal matplotlib v1.3 or fixed matplotlib? Or is there any problem mixing the current stack with my own default anaconda installation?
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Alex
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