[Matplotlib-users] Error build from SVN on Windows XP

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Whenever I try to build from source, I get an error saying that it can't find vcvarsall.bat. Here are the last few lines of the output from DOS:
copying lib\pytz\zoneinfo\US\Pacific -> build\lib.win32-2.6\pytz\zoneinfo\US
copying lib\pytz\zoneinfo\US\Pacific-New -> build\lib.win32-2.6\pytz\zoneinfo\US
copying lib\pytz\zoneinfo\US\Samoa -> build\lib.win32-2.6\pytz\zoneinfo\US
copying lib\dateutil\zoneinfo\zoneinfo-2008e.tar.gz -> build\lib.win32-2.6\dateutil\zoneinfo
running build_ext
building 'matplotlib.ft2font' extension
error: Unable to find vcvarsall.bat

Now I can't import pyplot. Any thoughts?

Thanks,

Paul M. Hobson                  
Senior Staff Engineer
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Geosyntec Consultants 
55 SW Yamhill St, Ste 200
Portland, OR 97204
Phone: 503.222.9518
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