On Sep 26, 1:19 pm, Simon Forman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I just installed Matplotlib (and NumPy) on a windows XP machine, and > I'm getting the following traceback when I try to use the TkAgg > backend. > > Python 2.5.1 (r251:54863, Apr 18 2007, 08:51:08) [MSC v.1310 32 bit > (Intel)] on > win32 > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.>>> > import matplotlib > >>> matplotlib.use('TkAgg') > >>> from matplotlib.backends.backend_tkagg import FigureCanvasTkAgg > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> > File "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib\backends > \backend_tkagg.py", > line 8, in <module> > import tkagg # Paint image to Tk photo blitter > extension > File "C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\backends\tkagg.py", > line 1, in <module> > import _tkagg > ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found. > > > > I found one old (2004) > posthttp://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2004-April/258963.html > that seems to indicate that some sort version mismatch of the Tk/Tcl > libraries may be to blame. But I don't know how to diagnose that or > what to do about it. > > FWIW, I installed using matplotlib-0.90.1.win32-py2.5.exe and > numpy-1.0.3.1.win32-py2.5.exe. > > Thanks in advance for any help. > Sincerely, > ~Simon
Ah, nevermind. I was missing MSVCP71.dll. Once I included that in the system folder matplotlib ran fine. Sorry for the "noise". ~Simon -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list