Re: [Matplotlib-users] Failed pip install on OSX

[Eric F. <ef...@ha...>]

On 2013/08/05 10:43 AM, Matthew Brett wrote:
> If Matplotlib is only expected to work for the Quartz installs - is it
> worth trying to detect that and warn / error at install time?

Logically, XQuartz should not be needed at all; mpl on the mac does not 
require X11.  It looks like XQuartz is an accidental dependency, as a 
way to get access to a suitable libpng.

A link from the libpng web site led to this:
http://ethan.tira-thompson.com/Mac_OS_X_Ports.html
which might be a viable alternative.

Eric