>From Ubuntu, why not try: sudo apt-get install python-matplotlib
-Clint On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 3:09 PM jim <jf_byr...@comcast.net> wrote: > Setting up a new computer to run Ubuntu 16.04. Started using pip3 to > > install all the python stuff I had on the old machine and got this message: > > > > jfb@jims-1604:~$ sudo pip3 install matplotlib > > [sudo] password for jfb: > > The directory '/home/jfb/.cache/pip/http' or its parent directory is not > > owned by the current user and the cache has been disabled. Please check > > the permissions and owner of that directory. If executing pip with sudo, > > you may want sudo's -H flag. > > > > I (jfb) own the directory in question. > > > > I used sudo because I recall needing to use it on the old machine to get > > something to install. So is it necessary or even desirable to use sudo > > with pip3? > > > > Thanks, Jim > > > > -- > > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > > -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
