[Bug 471709] [NEW] matplotlib: figure() call fails. GTK does not load a .svg file

[Lars]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: python-matplotlib

The Bug was already reported on Debian and the solution suggested there
worked:

http://osdir.com/ml/debian-bugs-dist/2009-10/msg01691.html

I'm using kubuntu karmic amd64:
lsb_release -rd
Description:    Ubuntu 9.10
Release:        9.10

apt-cache policy python-matplotlib
python-matplotlib:
  Installiert: 0.99.0-1ubuntu1
  Kandidat: 0.99.0-1ubuntu1
  Versions-Tabelle:
 *** 0.99.0-1ubuntu1 0
        500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

In python promt you can try without 'librsvg2-common' installed:

Python 2.6.4rc2 (r264rc2:75497, Oct 20 2009, 02:54:09)
[GCC 4.4.1] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import matplotlib
>>> matplotlib.use('GtkAgg')
>>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
>>> plt.figure()
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/matplotlib/pyplot.py", line 254, in figure
    **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/matplotlib/backends/backend_gtkagg.py", line 44, in new_figure_manager
    return FigureManagerGTKAgg(canvas, num)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/matplotlib/backends/backend_gtk.py", line 443, in __init__
    self.window.set_icon_from_file(window_icon)
glib.GError: Couldn't recognize the image file format for file '/usr/share/matplotlib/mpl-data/images/matplotlib.svg'

The solution was to install 'librsvg2-common'. That was the hint from the Debian bug report. Should there be a dependency 
on that library?

** Affects: matplotlib (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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matplotlib: figure() call fails. GTK does not load a .svg file
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