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

Download your file to a folder on your C drive. In windows CMD prompt as Administrator navigate you your path using cd.. or cd wheels (in my case I saved the file to c:\Wheels) then type pip install YourFilename.whl

Results in

Processing c:\wheels\scipy-0.19.0-cp27-cp27m-win_amd64.whl
Requirement already satisfied: numpy>=1.8.2 in c:\python27\lib\site-packages (from scipy==0.19.0)
Installing collected packages: scipy
Successfully installed scipy-0.19.0