[Matplotlib-users] Matplotlib in Cygwin

[Pete <sne...@gm...>]

Has anyone had any luck compiling Matplotlib using cygwin?
Out of the box I get the following: (I have numpy, tcl/tk and libpng1.2
installed)

~/matpl/matplotlib-0.98.3$ python setup.py build
============================================================================
BUILDING MATPLOTLIB
            matplotlib: 0.98.3
                python: 2.5.1 (r251:54863, May 18 2007, 16:56:43)  [GCC
                        3.4.4 (cygming special, gdc 0.12, using dmd 0.125)]
              platform: cygwin

REQUIRED DEPENDENCIES
                 numpy: 1.2.0
             freetype2: 9.18.3

OPTIONAL BACKEND DEPENDENCIES
                libpng: found, but unknown version (no pkg-config)
                        * Could not find 'libpng' headers in any of
                        * '/usr/include', '.'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "setup.py", line 125, in <module>
    if check_for_tk() or (options['build_tkagg'] is True):
  File "/cygdrive/c/linuxshare/matpl/matplotlib-0.98.3/setupext.py", line
841, in check_for_tk
    explanation = add_tk_flags(module)
  File "/cygdrive/c/linuxshare/matpl/matplotlib-0.98.3/setupext.py", line
1084, in add_tk_flags
    result = parse_tcl_config(tcl_lib_dir, tk_lib_dir)
  File "/cygdrive/c/linuxshare/matpl/matplotlib-0.98.3/setupext.py", line
946, in parse_tcl_config
    tk_lib = tk_vars.get("default", "TK_LIB_SPEC")[1:-1].split()[0][2:]
IndexError: list index out of range


Any help or ideas appreciated!
Thanks,
Pete