Re: [Matplotlib-users] Build MPL with VS 2008 problem

[Christoph G. <cg...@uc...>]

On 11/2/2011 1:11 PM, Mads Ipsen wrote:
> On 11/02/2011 08:43 PM, Michael Droettboom wrote:
>> On 11/02/2011 01:34 PM, Mads Ipsen wrote:
>>> On 11/02/2011 05:50 PM, Michael Droettboom wrote:
>>>> On 11/02/2011 10:53 AM, Mads Ipsen wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Any clues to why ft2build.h cannot be located. The above docs says
>>>>> it should be part of the binary installer.
>>>>
>>>> The binary for freetype is included with the installer, but the
>>>> headers (needed to build, but not to run) are not. Do you need to
>>>> build matplotlib from source, or just use it?
>>>>
>>>> Mike
>>> I need to built it from source.
>>>
>>> Mads
>> In that case, you will need to install the development packages for
>> freetype, libpng, libz, and numpy.
>>
>> I'm not a regular Windows user, so I don't know what the best practice
>> is for that these days. Some of the other members on this list can
>> hopefully jump in. There was also a thread on this list about
>> "Building on Windows" from 08/18/2011 that might be helpful.
>>
>> Mike
>>
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> I can't seem to find this thread anywhere. It it really that difficult
> to build on Windows? It most be documented somewhere what the prereqs are?
>

See <http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=27961105> and 
<http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/users/installing.html#build-requirements>

Prebuilt static link libraries for msvc compilers are available at 
<http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#matplotlib>.

It seems you are trying to compile from within cygwin, using the include 
files provided by cygwin. That will probably not work.

Christoph



> Best regards,
>
> Mads
>