[Matplotlib-users] Import error on OS X: Reason: image not found

[Yang Z. <yan...@gm...>]

Hi, does anybody know why I'm getting this error importing pylab? 
Thanks in advance!

Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/Users/Kates/Documents/ps11.py", line 9, in <module>
     from pylab import *
   File 
"/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pylab.py", 
line 1, in <module>
     from matplotlib.pylab import *
   File 
"/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/pylab.py", 
line 208, in <module>
     from matplotlib import mpl  # pulls in most modules
   File 
"/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/mpl.py", 
line 3, in <module>
     from matplotlib import axis
   File 
"/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/axis.py", 
line 20, in <module>
     from font_manager import FontProperties
   File 
"/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/font_manager.py", 
line 40, in <module>
     from matplotlib import ft2font
ImportError: 
dlopen(/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/ft2font.so, 
2): Library not loaded: /usr/X11R6/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib
   Referenced from: 
/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/ft2font.so
   Reason: image not found

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