[Matplotlib-users] Installation issue

[Antony Lee]

I would suggest removing the link to mpl-winbuild (which appears to not
have been updated for 4 years) and state something to the effect of
- either use the built wheels/conda packages (I think this is what the OP
needs)
- or use conda to get libpng set up
- or set it up on your own.
Once libpng and a recent enough MSVC are present, building Matplotlib
oneself is "reasonably" straightforward.
Antony

On Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 2:39 PM Thomas Caswell <tcaswell at gmail.com> wrote:

> If you are using conda it may also be worth looking at the recipe build
> script and / or the installation.
>
> Our official window install install instructions (
> https://matplotlib.org/users/installing.html#build-windows ) point at
> matplotlib-winbuild so I think this is our problem to either fix or own
> complete install documentation in our docs.
>
> Tom
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 5:47 PM Paul Hobson <pmhobson at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> What I believe Ben means is that since the matplotlib development team
>> doesn't maintain those scripts, this list isn't the best place for your
>> question (as odd as that may seem). My recommendation would be to the look
>> through the open issues at the matplitlib-winbuild repository and check if
>> someone having a similar issue has figured out a solution. If not, you
>> could create a new issue at the repository explaining your predicament.
>> -Paul
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 2:18 PM Jacopo Landi <jacopo.landi1 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I have already followed all that instructions...But still it gaves me
>>> this error and I can't understand what I'm doing wrong ☹️
>>>
>>> On Mon, 3 Dec 2018, 18:38 Benjamin Root <ben.v.root at gmail.com wrote:
>>>
>>>> This seems to be an issue with
>>>> https://github.com/jbmohler/matplotlib-winbuild. You might want to
>>>> check there first.
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 9:32 AM Jack_Landis <jacopo.landi1 at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Dear all,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm trying to install matplotlib on my pc (Windows 10). I got this
>>>>> error:
>>>>>
>>>>> $ python buildall.py
>>>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>>>   File "buildall.py", line 58, in <module>
>>>>>     main(options)
>>>>>   File "buildall.py", line 11, in main
>>>>>     utils.build_zlib()
>>>>>   File
>>>>>
>>>>> "C:\Users\laj\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib-winbuild\utils.py",
>>>>> line 136, in build_zlib
>>>>>     cmd.write(prepare_build_cmd(ZLIB_BUILD_CMD))
>>>>>   File
>>>>>
>>>>> "C:\Users\laj\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib-winbuild\utils.py",
>>>>> line 63, in prepare_build_cmd
>>>>>     raise RuntimeError('Microsoft VS {} required'.format('2010' if
>>>>> VS2010
>>>>> else '2008'))
>>>>> RuntimeError: Microsoft VS 2010 required
>>>>>
>>>>> I already have "Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 redistributable" installed
>>>>> (I have
>>>>> 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2017 installed). What shall I do?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you very much!
>>>>>
>>>>>
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