Python matplotlib install issue on Windows 7 for freetype, png packages

Question

Using Python 2.7 on Windows 7. Here is the command I am using to install and error message. Wondering if anyone have met with similar issues before? Thanks.

Answer 1

I came across the same problem with you, and here is my solution

It has the problem with python 3.6 integrated with the newest pip. so I installed python 3.5.2 with pip, but do not upgrade pip. And you can get matplotlib installed in this way.

Hope I could provide a possible solution

Answer 2

As you can see it png and freetype modules are missing. You need to install them separately.

Try doing the following :

> pip install freetype-py
> pip install pypng
> pip install matplotlib