• Install python 2.6 from ​http://www.python.org/download/releases/

• Run the deps.py script found at the top of the trunk branch in 32-bit mode:
  

  arch -i386 python2.6 deps.py
  

Install Matplotlib

• Get wxPython 2.8 (not 2.9) from ​http://sourceforge.net/projects/wxpython/files/wxPython/2.8.12.1/wxPython2.8-osx-unicode-2.8.12.1-universal-py2.6.dmg/download

Install Matplotlib

• Get the matplotlib code from here: ​https://sourceforge.net/projects/matplotlib/files/matplotlib/matplotlib-1.1.0/
  

• Modify the make.osx file so that it has the correct OSX version at the top:
  

  MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.7
  OSX_SDK_VER=10.7
  

• Build matplotlib:
  

  make -f make.osx PREFIX=$HOME/.local PYVERSION=2.6 fetch deps mpl_install