Question :
When I try to upgrade my matplotlib using pip, it outputs:
Downloading/unpacking matplotlib from https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/m/matplotlib/matplotlib-1.4.0.tar.gz#md5=1daf7f2123d94745feac1a30b210940c
Downloading matplotlib-1.4.0.tar.gz (51.2MB): 51.2MB downloaded
Running setup.py (path:/tmp/pip_build_root/matplotlib/setup.py) egg_info for package matplotlib
============================================================================
Edit setup.cfg to change the build options
BUILDING MATPLOTLIB
matplotlib: yes [1.4.0]
python: yes [2.7.6 (default, Mar 22 2014, 22:59:38) [GCC
4.8.2]]
platform: yes [linux2]
REQUIRED DEPENDENCIES AND EXTENSIONS
numpy: yes [version 1.8.2]
six: yes [using six version 1.7.3]
dateutil: yes [using dateutil version 2.2]
tornado: yes [using tornado version 4.0.1]
pyparsing: yes [using pyparsing version 2.0.2]
pycxx: yes [Couldn't import. Using local copy.]
libagg: yes [pkg-config information for 'libagg' could not
be found. Using local copy.]
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 17, in <module>
File "/tmp/pip_build_root/matplotlib/setup.py", line 154, in <module>
result = package.check()
File "setupext.py", line 940, in check
if 'No such file or directoryngrep:' in version:
TypeError: argument of type 'NoneType' is not iterable
Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
============================================================================
Edit setup.cfg to change the build options
BUILDING MATPLOTLIB
matplotlib: yes [1.4.0]
python: yes [2.7.6 (default, Mar 22 2014, 22:59:38) [GCC
4.8.2]]
platform: yes [linux2]
REQUIRED DEPENDENCIES AND EXTENSIONS
numpy: yes [version 1.8.2]
six: yes [using six version 1.7.3]
dateutil: yes [using dateutil version 2.2]
tornado: yes [using tornado version 4.0.1]
pyparsing: yes [using pyparsing version 2.0.2]
pycxx: yes [Couldn't import. Using local copy.]
libagg: yes [pkg-config information for 'libagg' could not
be found. Using local copy.]
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 17, in <module>
File "/tmp/pip_build_root/matplotlib/setup.py", line 154, in <module>
result = package.check()
File "setupext.py", line 940, in check
if 'No such file or directoryngrep:' in version:
TypeError: argument of type 'NoneType' is not iterable
----------------------------------------
Cleaning up...
Command python setup.py egg_info failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip_build_root/matplotlib
Storing debug log for failure in /home/username/.pip/pip.log
In the tail of the log it says:
Exception information:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip-1.5.6-py2.7.egg/pip/basecommand.py", line 122, in main
status = self.run(options, args)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip-1.5.6-py2.7.egg/pip/commands/install.py", line 278, in run
requirement_set.prepare_files(finder, force_root_egg_info=self.bundle, bundle=self.bundle)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip-1.5.6-py2.7.egg/pip/req.py", line 1229, in prepare_files
req_to_install.run_egg_info()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip-1.5.6-py2.7.egg/pip/req.py", line 325, in run_egg_info
command_desc='python setup.py egg_info')
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip-1.5.6-py2.7.egg/pip/util.py", line 697, in call_subprocess
% (command_desc, proc.returncode, cwd))
InstallationError: Command python setup.py egg_info failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip_build_root/matplotlib
Why did it fail?
Many thanks!
Answer #1:
This is a known bug that has been fixed (https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/pull/3414) on master.
The bug is in the handling of searching for a freetype installation. If you install the Linux package freetype-dev, you will avoid this bug and be able to compile matplotlib.
sudo apt-get install libfreetype6-dev
Answer #2:
On Ubuntu 14 server, you also need to install libxft-dev
sudo apt-get install libfreetype6-dev libxft-dev
Answer #3:
I had the same issues trying to install matplotlib on Python 3 using pip3, and it seems that this problem is related to a bare-bones installation of Python 3, and doing a:
sudo apt-get build-dep matplotlib
followed by
sudo pip3 install matplotlib
is probably a better solution than selectively installing only the libraries related to matplotlib.
Answer #4:
Since mac doesn’t have apt-get you, on OSX you may need to do:
brew install freetype
then you can run:
pip install matplotlib
Answer #5:
Found this page while looking answer for fedora 24.
RPM solution is:
dnf install freetype-devel
Answer #6:
If you re running Ubuntu server 14.04 u should add this font dependency
sudo apt-get install libxft-dev
Answer #7:
I was trying too update directly using sudo pip but changes are not saved in last. So i first use update cmd in terminal:
sudo apt-get update
then i used sudo install:
sudo apt-get install libffi-dev
Finally its installed by doing this method.
Answer #8:
For those on Fedora 25 hitting this thread, I needed these two packages to make it work:
sudo dnf install freetype-devel gcc-c++
