how to install Matplotlib on Cygwin?

Question

I\'m trying to install Matplotlib 1.0.1 version on latest Cygwin. In the processing, there is a weird fork error cannot be solved. I googled similar questions and found that

Answer 1

Installation worked for me as described by Felix above. But to use matplotlib you need to start the Xserver from Cygwin first:

startxwin

and then start your script.