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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Matplotlib fails to install pyparsing with Python 2","articleBody":"If I try and install Matplotlib 0c6f12aa8d07395c05ce0b0ddf08aae7c5716a0f, pyparsing fails to install on Python 2:\n\n```\nInstalled /Users/tom/Library/Python/2.7/lib/python/site-packages/matplotlib-1.3.x-py2.7-macosx-10.6-x86_64.egg\nProcessing dependencies for matplotlib==1.3.x\nSearching for pyparsing\u003e=1.5.6\nReading http://pypi.python.org/simple/pyparsing/\nReading http://pyparsing.wikispaces.com/\nReading http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=97203\nReading http://pyparsing.sourceforge.net/\nReading http://sourceforge.net/projects/pyparsing\nBest match: pyparsing 2.0.0\nDownloading http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pyparsing/pyparsing-2.0.0.zip#md5=f9bc56d9f6c977085001db49a63d7bb9\nProcessing pyparsing-2.0.0.zip\nWriting /var/folders/8L/8L-R-5PbEh0ef6pKH-3E5k+++TI/-Tmp-/easy_install-VocUxa/pyparsing-2.0.0/setup.cfg\nRunning pyparsing-2.0.0/setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir /var/folders/8L/8L-R-5PbEh0ef6pKH-3E5k+++TI/-Tmp-/easy_install-VocUxa/pyparsing-2.0.0/egg-dist-tmp-XdiKmp\nSyntaxError: ('invalid syntax', ('build/bdist.macosx-10.6-x86_64/egg/pyparsing.py', 629, 22, '        nonlocal limit,foundArity\\n'))\n\nzip_safe flag not set; analyzing archive contents...\nSyntaxError: ('invalid syntax', ('/Users/tom/Library/Python/2.7/lib/python/site-packages/pyparsing-1.5.3-py2.7.egg/pyparsing.py', 629, 22, '        nonlocal limit,foundArity\\n'))\n\nAdding pyparsing 1.5.3 to easy-install.pth file\n\nInstalled /Users/tom/Library/Python/2.7/lib/python/site-packages/pyparsing-1.5.3-py2.7.egg\nerror: Could not find required distribution pyparsing\u003e=1.5.6\n```\n\nthis is because pyparsing 2.0.0 is not Python 2-compatible. The fix in my case is to install `pyparsing` manually:\n\n```\npip-2.7 install pyparsing==1.5.6 --upgrade --user\n```\n\nbut this should really work out of the box.\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/astrofrog","@type":"Person","name":"astrofrog"},"datePublished":"2013-02-27T10:01:22.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":3},"url":"https://github.com/1792/matplotlib/issues/1792"}