Hi,

Wow, thank you for noticing this. I tried to install python 2.6.4  
with the mac dmg, but couldn't figure out where it was installed.  I  
hunted around and made a link to a python 2.6 that I found - it must  
have been a previous version.

Now I have a fresh and successful python 2.6.4 install, Tkinter test  
works, and so I should be set.

I am still having trouble building matplotlib. Apparently my  
syslibroot is multiply specified. (I installed Xcode 2.2.1 from the  
mac developer site recently, by the way...). If you understand this,  
I would really appreciate any insight you have (I am attaching the  
output from when I try to build matplotlib).

thank you!!
Katrine

python2.6 setup.py build
======================================================================== 
====
BUILDING MATPLOTLIB
             matplotlib: 0.99.1.1
                 python: 2.6.4 (r264:75821M, Oct 27 2009, 19:48:32)   
[GCC
                         4.0.1 (Apple Inc. build 5493)]
               platform: darwin

REQUIRED DEPENDENCIES
                  numpy: 1.3.0
              freetype2: found, but unknown version (no pkg-config)
                         * WARNING: Could not find 'freetype2'  
headers in any
                         * of '.', './freetype2'.

OPTIONAL BACKEND DEPENDENCIES
                 libpng: found, but unknown version (no pkg-config)
                         * Could not find 'libpng' headers in any of '.'
                Tkinter: Tkinter: 73770, Tk: 8.4, Tcl: 8.4
               wxPython: no
                         * wxPython not found
                   Gtk+: no
                         * Building for Gtk+ requires pygtk; you must  
be able
                         * to "import gtk" in your build/install  
environment
        Mac OS X native: yes
                     Qt: no
                    Qt4: no
                  Cairo: no

OPTIONAL DATE/TIMEZONE DEPENDENCIES
               datetime: present, version unknown
               dateutil: matplotlib will provide
                   pytz: matplotlib will provide
adding pytz

OPTIONAL USETEX DEPENDENCIES
                 dvipng: no
            ghostscript: /bin/sh: line 1: gs: command not found
                  latex: no

[Edit setup.cfg to suppress the above messages]
======================================================================== 
====
pymods ['pylab']
packages ['matplotlib', 'matplotlib.backends',  
'matplotlib.projections', 'mpl_toolkits', 'mpl_toolkits.mplot3d',  
'mpl_toolkits.axes_grid', 'matplotlib.sphinxext',  
'matplotlib.numerix', 'matplotlib.numerix.mlab',  
'matplotlib.numerix.ma', 'matplotlib.numerix.linear_algebra',  
'matplotlib.numerix.random_array', 'matplotlib.numerix.fft',  
'matplotlib.delaunay', 'pytz', 'dateutil', 'dateutil/zoneinfo']
running build
running build_py
copying lib/matplotlib/mpl-data/matplotlibrc -> build/lib.macosx-10.4- 
fat-2.6/matplotlib/mpl-data
copying lib/matplotlib/mpl-data/matplotlib.conf -> build/ 
lib.macosx-10.4-fat-2.6/matplotlib/mpl-data
running build_ext
building 'matplotlib.ft2font' extension
c++ -arch ppc -arch i386 -isysroot /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk -g  
-bundle -undefined dynamic_lookup -arch i386 -arch ppc -L/usr/local/ 
lib -syslibroot,/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk -arch i386 -arch ppc - 
I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/include/freetype2 -isysroot / 
Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk build/temp.macosx-10.4-fat-2.6/src/ 
ft2font.o build/temp.macosx-10.4-fat-2.6/src/mplutils.o build/ 
temp.macosx-10.4-fat-2.6/CXX/cxx_extensions.o build/temp.macosx-10.4- 
fat-2.6/CXX/cxxsupport.o build/temp.macosx-10.4-fat-2.6/CXX/ 
IndirectPythonInterface.o build/temp.macosx-10.4-fat-2.6/CXX/ 
cxxextensions.o -lfreetype -lz -lstdc++ -lm -o build/lib.macosx-10.4- 
fat-2.6/matplotlib/ft2font.so
powerpc-apple-darwin8-g++-4.0.1: unrecognized option '-syslibroot,/ 
Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk'
i686-apple-darwin8-g++-4.0.1: unrecognized option '-syslibroot,/ 
Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk'
//usr/bin/ld: -usr/syslibroot: multiply specified
bincollect2: /ld: -syslibroot: multiply specified
ld returned 1 exit statuscollect2:
ld returned 1 exit status
lipo: can't open input file: /var/tmp//ccym1XU1.out (No such file or  
directory)
error: command 'c++' failed with exit status 1
make: *** [mpl_build] Error 1
katrine-whitesons-computer:/Applications/Q/matplotlib-0.99.1.1  
katrinewhiteson$ gcc -V
gcc: argument to `-V' is missing
katrine-whitesons-computer:/Applications/Q/matplotlib-0.99.1.1  
katrinewhiteson$ which gcc
/usr/bin/gcc
katrine-whitesons-computer:/Applications/Q/matplotlib-0.99.1.1  
katrinewhiteson$   c f yj ny
-bash: c: command not found
katrine-whitesons-computer:/Applications/Q/matplotlib-0.99.1.1  
katrinewhiteson$ k/l
-bash: k/l: No such file or directory

On Feb 12, 2010, at 7:44 PM, Ned Deily wrote:

>
> Ned Deily <nad@acm.org> added the comment:
>
> Ah, earlier you said you installed Python 2.6.4 but, in your most  
> recent message, it shows:
>
> katrinewhiteson$ python
> Python 2.6 (trunk:66714:66715M, Oct  1 2008, 18:36:04)
> [GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5370)] on darwin
>
> I'm not sure what that is but it's not python 2.6.4 nor a  
> python.org python nor an Apple-supplied python.  So chances are it  
> was linked with Tk 10.5 present on the system.  Type:
> which python
> to find out where this one is installed and, if necessary, remove  
> it and re-install a python, like from the python.org installer,  
> that was linked with Tk 8.4.  You then should see something like this:
>
> Python 2.6.4 (r264:75821M, Oct 27 2009, 19:48:32)
> [GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Inc. build 5493)] on darwin
>
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