Re: [matplotlib-devel] Freetype config recommendation for installing matplotlib from Source

[Michael D. <md...@st...>]

What version of matplotlib are you using?  The present behavior is 
(supposed to) only use freetype-config if pkg-config isn't available on 
the path.

https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/pull/1941

Mike

On 03/11/2014 05:00 PM, Jim Parker wrote:
> All,
>   I needed to install matplotlib from source along with all 
> dependencies, and I found a "gotcha" related to how setupext.py 
> discovers freetype2 dependencies.
>
> The default is to use
> freetype-config --version
>
> which uses a custom binary provided by freetype to list the version 
> number and linker dependencies. Versions 2.4 and 2.5 of freetype use 
> pkg-config to also provide this information but matplotlib skips it.
>
> setting
> PKG_CONFIG_PATH=<path-to-custom-dependency>
>
> or using setup.cfg
>
> basedirlist=<path-to-custom-dependency>
>
> will not fix the problem if your PATH variable points to the 
> freetype-config binary in your system path first.
>
> If freetype-config is no longer necessary for matplotlib to compile, I 
> would recommend using  pkg-config to get the linker and compiler 
> flags, so that typical end-user fixes to paths will work as desired.
>
> BTW, a clean install of freetype.2.5.2 will not compile with 
> matplotlib without including a soft link
> ln -s <include-dir>/freetype2 <include-dir>/freetype
>
> I think this a problem with the freetype package.  They have 
> references to changes in the structure of their includes in version 2.5.1.
>
> Cheers,
> --Jim
>
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