I've just pushed matplotlib to extras-devel, let me know how it works
Traceback (most recent call last): File "matplotlib_test.py", line 1, in <module> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/__init__.py", line 739, in <module> rcParams = rc_params() File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/__init__.py", line 657, in rc_params fname = matplotlib_fname() File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/__init__.py", line 599, in matplotlib_fname path = get_data_path() # guaranteed to exist or raise File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/__init__.py", line 248, in wrapper ret = func(*args, **kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/__init__.py", line 520, in _get_data_path_cached defaultParams['datapath'][0] = _get_data_path() File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/__init__.py", line 516, in _get_data_path raise RuntimeError('Could not find the matplotlib data files') RuntimeError: Could not find the matplotlib data files
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt plt.plot([1,2,3,4]) plt.ylabel('some numbers') plt.show()