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[Matplotlib-users] build requirements for matplotlib

[Nils W. <nw...@ia...>]

Hi all,

I am confused by the build requirements for matplotlib.
I cannot find freetype 1.4

http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/users/installing.html

The latest version is freetype 1.3.1

  http://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/

Any comments ?

            Nils

Re: [Matplotlib-users] build requirements for matplotlib

[Michael D. <md...@st...>]

The latest version I see there is 2.3.9.  Is this another instance of 
the sourceforge file display bug that haunted matplotlib recently?

Mike

Nils Wagner wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am confused by the build requirements for matplotlib.
> I cannot find freetype 1.4
>
> http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/users/installing.html
>
> The latest version is freetype 1.3.1
>
>   http://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/
>
> Any comments ?
>
>             Nils
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Re: [Matplotlib-users] build requirements for matplotlib

[Michael D. <md...@st...>]

Nils Wagner wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:15:27 -0400
>  Michael Droettboom <md...@st...> wrote:
>> The latest version I see there is 2.3.9.  Is this another instance of 
>> the sourceforge file display bug that haunted matplotlib recently?
>>
>> Mike
>>
>
> Is it possible to install matplotlib with freetype 1.3.1 ?
I suspect the statement of "at least version 1.4" is true, but that 
requirement was created before I joined the project.  However, version 
1.3.1 is almost 10 years old -- it's worthwhile using something more 
recent if only for the quality of the rendering, if not outright API 
incompatibilities.

Cheers,
Mike

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Michael Droettboom
Science Software Branch
Operations and Engineering Division
Space Telescope Science Institute
Operated by AURA for NASA