Plotly installation difference from python-plotly and pip install plotly (debian)

Question

actually I don't know if this is the right place where to ask this question, but maybe someone could help.

I'm exploring the plotly library through the python API

Since some months it is possible to use plotly also offline without being registered.

I noticed a difference during the installation of plotly in python

1. aptitute python-plotly
2. pip install plotly

with the pip installation all works fine.

However, with the python-plotly installation, during the running of some script, there are some issues:

[Errno 2] File o directory non esistente:
'/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/plotly/offline/plotly.min.js' See log
for more details

and effectively:

ls /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/plotly/offline/
__init__.py  __init__.pyc  offline.py  offline.pyc

with the pip installation the file is correctly installed and therefore there are not any problems.

I have experienced the same problem on debian stable, testing and unstable machines.

I have already opened an issue on the ploty repository on github

Someone has an idea?

Thanks

Answer 1

As explained in the github issue linked above, the Debian [and Ubuntu] version doesn't include the minified js file due to licensing issues.

Quick fix, copy the file at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/plotly/plotly.js/master/dist/plotly.min.js to the location specified in the error message:

/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/plotly/offline/plotly.min.js