Installing PyGtk in virtualenv

Question

So I am trying to run a simple matplotlib example in my virtualenv (in the console). Here\'s the code:

import matplotlib
matplotlib.use(\'GTKAgg\')
import ma         


        

Answer 1

I did this

sudo apt-get install python-gtk2

I found that it was already installed upon some investigation, i found out that when I create a virtual environment, it was missing some links so I came across this post: Virtualenv on Ubuntu with no site-packages.

I read it and tailored the commands provided to my setup as follows:

1. First I changed into my virtualenv and activated it by

   source bin/activate
   

2. Then I changed into the lib/python2.7 folder inside my virtualenv:

   cd lib/python2.7
   

3. I then executed the following commands.

   $ ln -s /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/cairo/
   $ ln -s /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pygtk.py
   $ ln -s /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pygtk.pth
   $ ln -s /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gtk-2.0/
   

4. Finally, to check I typed 'python', and executed:

   >>> import pygtk
   

   It gave me no error, and therefore I knew its now available in my virtual env.

I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 (64-bit) on an intel Core i5.