[Matplotlib-users] pip install -U fails because of missing ft2build.h

[Jacob B. <jak...@gm...>]

Hi!

Trying to upgrade my matplotlib to use the new 3d plotting tools.

$ sudo pip install -U matplotlib
...
building 'matplotlib.ft2font' extension

creating build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7

creating build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/src

creating build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/CXX

gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O2 -Wall
-Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -DPY_ARRAY_UNIQUE_SYMBOL=MP
L_ARRAY_API -DPYCXX_ISO_CPP_LIB=1
-I/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/numpy/core/include -I/usr/local/include
-I/usr/inclu
de -I. -I/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/numpy/core/include/freetype2
-I/usr/local/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/free
type2 -I./freetype2 -I/usr/include/python2.7 -c src/ft2font.cpp -o
build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/src/ft2font.o

cc1plus: warning: command line option "-Wstrict-prototypes" is valid for
Ada/C/ObjC but not for C++

In file included from src/ft2font.cpp:1:0:

src/ft2font.h:14:22: fatal error: ft2build.h: No such file or director


and it looks like the file really is missing...
$ find build/ -name *ft2build*
$ ls build/matplotlib/src/
agg_py_path_iterator.h  _backend_gdk.c  _gtkagg.cpp  mplutils.cpp
 path_cleanup.h     _tkagg.cpp
agg_py_transforms.cpp   backend_gdk.c   _image.cpp   mplutils.h
 path_converters.h  _ttconv.cpp
agg_py_transforms.h     cntr.c          _image.h     numerix.h
_path.cpp          _windowing.cpp
_backend_agg.cpp        ft2font.cpp     _macosx.m    nxutils.c
_png.cpp           _wxagg.cpp
_backend_agg.h          ft2font.h       MPL_isnan.h  path_cleanup.cpp
 _subprocess.c


Perhaps someone forgot to hg add a file?

--
Jake Biesinger
Graduate Student
Xie Lab, UC Irvine