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

For those who might have the same issue but on a Mac OS 10.6 (snow leopard) and Python 2.7. , the easiest solution I found was to get a make file which downloads Numpy, scipy and matplotlib and compile them for you. You can customize the make file to get you matplotlib only. Here is the link to the solution.