I'm banging away at installing MPL on top of python.org's python. I'm at
the libfreetype/freetype issue. There seems to be three approaches to
getting MPL's dependencies.
1) install libpng[1] and freetype[2] from source
2) install XQuartz[3] and twiddle /opt/X11, /usr/X11 (per Russell's
directio
On Aug 23, 2013, at 8:14 AM, Matt Terry wrote:
> I'm banging away at installing MPL on top of python.org's python. I'm at the
> libfreetype/freetype issue. There seems to be three approaches to getting
> MPL's dependencies.
>
> 1) install libpng[1] and freetype[2] from source
> 2) install XQ
On Aug 22, 2013, at 8:24 PM, Matt Terry wrote:
> > with/without third party X
> I'm not quite sure what you mean by with/without third party X. If you
> are referring to Tck/Tk:
>
> I had an issue where MPL found the headers to freetype in /opt/local, but
> library in /usr/X11. Hilarity ensue
On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 8:14 AM, Matt Terry wrote:
> I'm banging away at installing MPL on top of python.org's python.
This is why binary installers are good idea!
> the libfreetype/freetype issue.
yeah, that's kind of uglyand where is doesn't "just work" for me...
> 1) install libpng[1] a
On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 11:21 AM, Russell Owen wrote:
> Here are my old instructions (I deleted them when I started using Apple's
> libraries, but the wayback machine saves the day):
Thanks Russell -- this is helpful. A few comments:
> • If you plan to redistribute matplotlib, delete (o
