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YES! it works
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= Changes required to matplotlib = I had to patch matplotlib's __init__.py file in the get_data_path() routine. Specifically, right before raising the error at the end, I added the following code {{{ #!python # CODE ADDED TO SUPPORT PY2EXE if sys.frozen: path = os.path.join(os.path.split(sys.path[0])[0], 'matplotlib') return path }}} |
[http://matplotlib.sf.net MatPlotLib] is a module to produce nice-looking plots in Python using a wide variety of back-end packages, at least one of which is likely to be available for your system. This ability to do things in a generic fashion makes this a simple system to use, but it gets complicated if you wish to distribute an executable instead of scripts. This page describes what I had to do to make matplotlib work with py2exe. |
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We also need to make sure we get the matplotlib subdirectory created in the distribution. This is where we'll include all of the stuff matplotlib includes in the pythonXX\share\matplotlib directory. This is also where the __init__ file has been updated to look for this information. | |
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# We need to exclude matplotlib backends not being used by this executable. # You may find that you need different excludes to create a working executable with your chosen backend |
# We need to exclude matplotlib backends not being used by this executable. You may find # that you need different excludes to create a working executable with your chosen backend. # We also need to include matplotlib.numerix.random_array |
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'py2exe': { 'excludes': ['_gtkagg', '_tkagg'], | 'py2exe': { 'includes': 'matplotlib.numerix.random_array', 'excludes': ['_gtkagg', '_tkagg'], |
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'libgobject-2.0-0.dll']} | 'libgobject-2.0-0.dll'] } } |
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# Additional data files are required by matplotlib. Note that the glob.glob routine # doesn't seem to pick up the .matplotlib resource file, so I copy that separately. # Do the same if you need to |
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# Additional data files required by matplotlib. Note that the glob.glob routine doesn't seem to pick up the .matplotlib resource file | data_files = [(r'matplotlibdata', glob.glob(r'c:\python24\share\matplotlib\*')), (r'matplotlibdata', [r'c:\python24\share\matplotlib\.matplotlibrc'])], name = 'demo', description = 'MatPlotLib Demo Program', console = ['demo.py'] ) |
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= Copying PyTZ folder = Now copy pytz folder from C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages to your dist/ folder and you're done! |
Introduction
[http://matplotlib.sf.net MatPlotLib] is a module to produce nice-looking plots in Python using a wide variety of back-end packages, at least one of which is likely to be available for your system. This ability to do things in a generic fashion makes this a simple system to use, but it gets complicated if you wish to distribute an executable instead of scripts. This page describes what I had to do to make matplotlib work with py2exe.
Special content for setup.py to use matplotlib
1 # We need to import the glob module to search for all files.
2 import glob
3
4 # We need to exclude matplotlib backends not being used by this executable. You may find
5 # that you need different excludes to create a working executable with your chosen backend.
6 # We also need to include matplotlib.numerix.random_array
7 opts = {
8 'py2exe': { 'includes': 'matplotlib.numerix.random_array',
9 'excludes': ['_gtkagg', '_tkagg'],
10 'dll_excludes': ['libgdk-win32-2.0-0.dll',
11 'libgobject-2.0-0.dll']
12 }
13 }
14
15 # Additional data files are required by matplotlib. Note that the glob.glob routine
16 # doesn't seem to pick up the .matplotlib resource file, so I copy that separately.
17 # Do the same if you need to
18 setup(
19 data_files = [(r'matplotlibdata', glob.glob(r'c:\python24\share\matplotlib\*')),
20 (r'matplotlibdata', [r'c:\python24\share\matplotlib\.matplotlibrc'])],
21 name = 'demo',
22 description = 'MatPlotLib Demo Program',
23 console = ['demo.py']
24 )
Copying PyTZ folder
Now copy pytz folder from C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages to your dist/ folder and you're done!