Why does pip install matplotlib version 0.91.1 when PyPi shows version 1.0.0?

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Update Oct 15, 2012

PyPi is now showing matplotlib at 1.1.0 so this issue is resolved. Install matplotlib via:

pip install matplotlib

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PyPi shows matplotlib 1.0.0. However, when I install matplotlib via pip into a virtualenv, version 0.91.1 is installed.

  • Why the difference in versions?
  • Is there a way to pip install matplotlib 1.0.0?

Research

It appears that matplotlib's DOAP record on PyPi is pointing to the correct version. Below is the DOAP record for reference:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<rdf:RDF xmlns="http://usefulinc.com/ns/doap#" xmlns:foaf="http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"><Project><name>matplotlib</name>
<shortdesc>Python plotting package</shortdesc>
<description>matplotlib strives to produce publication quality 2D graphics
      for interactive graphing, scientific publishing, user interface
      development and web application servers targeting multiple user
      interfaces and hardcopy output formats.  There is a 'pylab' mode
      which emulates matlab graphics</description>
<download-page>https://sourceforge.net/projects/matplotlib/files/matplotlib/matplotlib-1.0</download-page>
<homepage rdf:resource="http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net" />
<maintainer><foaf:Person><foaf:name>John D. Hunter</foaf:name>
<foaf:mbox_sha1sum>4b099b4a7f50a1f39642ce59c2053c00d4de6416</foaf:mbox_sha1sum></foaf:Person></maintainer>
<release><Version><revision>1.0.0</revision></Version></release>
</Project></rdf:RDF>

Configuration

  • OS: Mac OS X 10.6.6
  • Python 2.7
  • virtualenv 1.5.1
  • pip 0.8.1

Update 24-Aug-10 7:09 AM

Installing from the PyPi mirror also installs version 0.91.1:

$ pip install -i http://d.pypi.python.org/simple matplotlib

Update January 14, 2011 4:54 PM

Even though matplotlib 1.0.1 has been release, this issue still persists.

pip pypi matplotlib python
4 Answers

Oyvindio's advice is great but first I had to install some headers needed to source-compile matplotlib (otherwise it refused to work). In Ubuntu Lucid, it goes like this:

$ sudo apt-get build-dep python-matplotlib

And just then it was possible to pip install matplotlib:

pip install -f  http://garr.dl.sourceforge.net/project/matplotlib/matplotlib/matplotlib-1.0.1/matplotlib-1.0.1.tar.gz  matplotlib
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