On Feb 7, 4:46 am, "Joshua J. Kugler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jan Danielsson wrote: > > Hello all, > > > I have some data in a postgresql table which I view through a web > > interface (the web interface is written in python -- using mod_python > > under apache 2.2). Now I would like to represent this data as graphs, > > bar charts, etc. > > > I know about matplotlib, and it seemed like exactly what I was > > looking for. I tried importing it in my script, but it gave me some > > error about a home directory not being writable. I'm not sure I like the > > idea of it require to be able to write somewhere. Am I using it wrong?
Hi! Matplotlib saves some stuff into a configuration dir. Take a look at the __init__.py file in site-packages/matplotlib (or where your installation lives). There are several environment variabels checked where a .matplotlib folder will be created. Try unsetting HOME, than probably TMP will be used and this should be writable in any case. I don't know whether the creation of the configuration folder can be turned off. Hope that helps! Bernhard -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
