On 11/02/2011 09:46 PM, Christoph Gohlke wrote:
>
> On 11/2/2011 1:39 PM, Mads Ipsen wrote:
>> On 11/02/2011 09:28 PM, Christoph Gohlke wrote:
>>> 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
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>> I am building from the VS2008 command prompt. But thanks for the info.
>> Will have a look.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Mads
> OK. The cygwin in your home path looked suspicious: "c:\cygwin\home\mads
> ipsen\"
>
> Christoph
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Works like a charm. What about support for the Qt backend. Do I need any 
Qt dev. env. installed or does it just rely on PyQt and Qt binaries 
being present on the machine?

Best regards,

Mads

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