Is there a better library for drawing vector graphics in Python than Cairo?
...Not that I have anything against Cairo -- I love it in fact. It's just terribly difficult to install the Python bindings, especially on a Mac (see all the SO questions about installing 开发者_运维百科pycairo on OS X). Are there better alternatives?
Edit:
For a little more context, I'm creating a web service that I would like to be simple to deploy, ideally using standard installation channels; not being able to simply use pip
or easy_install
introduces complexity into the deployment process on many deployment platforms. Additionally, I'd like it to be easy for anyone to set up a virtual environment and do development on the application on their local machine. Again, ease of installation is an important point here.
Kiva, part on Enable, is a library which abstracts the vector renderer. It supports cairo, Agg, and several other renderers, though Agg is the default. It works on Linux, OS X and Windows.
cairocffi installs cleanly with pip/virtualenv and provides the same API as pycairo. http://packages.python.org/cairocffi/
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