Install error: ftheader.h: No such file or directory

Question

When I am trying to build matplotlib-1.3.1, I am getting the below freetype header errors. Probably it is not finding the ftheader.h. Any idea on how to solve this problem?

Answer 1

For Mac OS 10.6.8

sudo ln -s /usr/X11/include/freetype2/freetype /usr/X11/include/.

Seems to do the trick... If you look at the /usr/X11/include/ft2build.h it seems as though it is really a problem with that header file and the way free type is installed, not a matplotlib problem.