Easy installation matplotlib - missing script easy_install-xrixnr

Question

While trying to install matplotlib, I received the following error message (see below):

C:\Users\UserName>easy_install matplotlib
Searching for matplotlib
Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/matplotlib/
Reading http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net
Reading https://sourceforge.net/projects/matplotlib/files/matplotlib/matplotlib-1.0
Reading https://sourceforge.net/projects/matplotlib/files/matplotlib/matplotlib-0.99.3/
Reading http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=80706&package_id=82474
Reading https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=80706&package_id=278194
Reading http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=80706
Reading https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=80706&package_id=82474
Reading https://sourceforge.net/projects/matplotlib/files/matplotlib/matplotlib-0.99.1/
Reading https://sourceforge.net/projects/matplotlib/files/matplotlib/matplotlib-1.0.1/
Best match: matplotlib 1.0.1-r0
Downloading http://sourceforge.net/projects/matplotlib/files/matplotlib/matplotlib-1.0.1/matplotlib-1.0.1_r0-py2.6-win32.egg/download
Processing download
error: Couldn't find a setup script in c:\users\username\appdata\local\temp\easy_install-xrixnr\download

Environment: Python 2.6, Win7 64bit
Any idea what is missing?

Answer 1

As described in the instructions :

• Install numpy - you can use easy_install numpy
• Install matplotlib from the installation binary
• You are also prompted to install ipython , although this is optional - you can useeasy_install ipyhton