Matplotlib 3.1.2 with Python 3.8 on Alpine Linux 3.10

János Czentye, HSNLab@BME

2019 December

Note

Important

This repo and docker image is no longer maintained due to lack of free time.

Description

This repository provides a Dockerfile for building and image for Matplotlib 3.1.2 with Python3.8. Matplotlib is compiled from source using Python pip tool and PyPI repository version: https://pypi.org/project/matplotlib/

https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/releases

The Docker image is based on the latest Alpine Linux 3.10 for a minimum size image(~140MB). It uses Alpine packages from main and community repos.

https://alpinelinux.org/

Older versions can be found under different tags.

Configuration

Matplotlib compiled with the following configuration:

 Edit setup.cfg to change the build options
BUILDING MATPLOTLIB
matplotlib: yes [3.1.0]
python: yes [3.7.3 (default, Apr 17 2019, 11:48:37) [GCC 8.3.0]]
platform: yes [linux]
REQUIRED DEPENDENCIES AND EXTENSIONS
numpy: yes [version 1.16.3]
install_requires: yes [handled by setuptools]
libagg: yes [pkg-config information for 'libagg' could not
be found. Using local copy.]
freetype: yes [version 2.10.0]
png: yes [version 1.6.37]
qhull: yes [pkg-config information for 'libqhull' could not
be found. Using local copy.]
OPTIONAL SUBPACKAGES
sample_data: yes [installing]
tests: no [skipping due to configuration]
OPTIONAL BACKEND EXTENSIONS
agg: yes [installing]
tkagg: yes [installing; run-time loading from Python Tcl/Tk]
macosx: no [Mac OS-X only]
OPTIONAL PACKAGE DATA
dlls: no [skipping due to configuration]

Download

To get the image use sudo docker pull czentye/matplotlib-minimal

Run

To run Python with Matplotlib use the following command sudo docker run -ti czentye/matplotlib-minimal python

License

Licensed under MIT license, see LICENSE file.