Re: [Matplotlib-users] matplotlib and freetype2 on OS X

[John H. <jdh...@ac...>]

>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Loredo <lo...@as...> writes:

    Tom> Thanks for the quick feedback; I suspected as much.  Can
    Tom> anyone suggest a way to use freetype to build matplotlib so
    Tom> that the freetype doesn't affect all the other stuff that
    Tom> likes to see Apple's X11 freetype?  E.g., perhaps I should
    Tom> install freetype into some location not on the usual search
    Tom> paths, and direct matplotlib to look in that place.  Is there
    Tom> a way to do this that doesn't require manually hacking
    Tom> matplotlib every time I download a new version?  Surely I'm
    Tom> not the only person using both matplotlib and GTK stuff....

I use matplotlib with GTK on OSX 10.3 with freetype, gtk and mpl
installed from src.  I did this once a while ago and have had no
trouble.  Perhaps if you install freetype first, and then compile gtk
against that it will work ok.  I know this is easier said than done,
since compiling gtk from src is a commitment.

Another option would be to use one of the precompiled matplotlib
packages that have freetype statically compiled in.  I think Charles
Moad has been working on this.

JDH