I am trying to install matplotlib in a new virtualenv.
When I do:
pip install matplotlib
or
pip install http://sourceforge.net/projects/matplotlib/files/matplotlib/matplotlib-1.1.0/matplotlib-1.1.0.tar.gz
I get this error:
building 'matplotlib._png' extension gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O2 -Wall -fPIC - DPY_ARRAY_UNIQUE_SYMBOL=MPL_ARRAY_API -DPYCXX_ISO_CPP_LIB=1 -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/include -I. -I/home/sam/django-projects/datazone/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/numpy/core/include -I. -I/usr/include/python2.7 -c src/_png.cpp -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/src/_png.o src/_png.cpp:10:20: fatal error: png.h: No such file or directory compilation terminated. error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1
Anyone have an idea what is going on?
Any help much appreciated.
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Answer
Building Matplotlib requires libpng
(and freetype
, as well) which isn’t a python library, so pip
doesn’t handle installing it (or freetype
).
You’ll need to install something along the lines of libpng-devel
and freetype-devel
(or whatever the equivalent is for your OS).
See the building requirements/instructions for matplotlib.