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I could really do with installing matplotlib 1.1.0 on my ubunutu 11.10 system.

The current ubuntu package is at 1.0.1, how do I use the new one?

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The simplest way is:

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Thanks, was fairly painless - I've been a bit pushed for time these days and was glad to find a solution that required absolutely no text editors. –  Lucas Mar 27 '12 at 16:18
If so, find anybody who builds it for you. If there is no such package from the stock source, it can't appear there magically. –  Netch Mar 27 '12 at 18:27

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