Matplotlib Build Problem: Error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'ft2build.h'

Question

ft2build.h is located here:

C:\\Program Files\\GnuWin32\\include

Initially, I made the same mistake as here:

Fatal

Answer 1

I was able to solve this on Windows by doing the following:

   set INCLUDE=%INCLUDE%;C:\tmp\msvcr90-x32
   set LIB=%LIB%;C:\tmp\msvcr90-x32
   pip.exe install matplotlib

The link libraries for Freetype on windows can be found here: http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#matplotlib (from meawoppl's comment)

Just download the "matplotlib‑1.x‑windows‑link‑libraries.zip", and open the README from the zip.