Cannot install 3.0.0 "python setup.py egg_info" failed (freetype & png)

[dumbledad]

I cannot install matplotlib.

I am on a Dell Precision 5820 running Windows 10.0.17763

I have tried downloading the source and building locally, using their installers to install freetype and png, restarting the machine, running the command prompt as administrator, running python -mpip install -U matplotlib instead, updating pip, updating setuptools, installing ez_setup, ...

This is the readout I get from pip install matplotlib

Collecting matplotlib
Using cached https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/ec/06/def4fb2620cbe671ba0cb6462cbd8653fbffa4acd87d6d572659e7c71c13/matplotlib-3.0.0.tar.gz
Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
============================================================================
Edit setup.cfg to change the build options

BUILDING MATPLOTLIB
            matplotlib: yes [3.0.0]
                python: yes [3.7.0 (v3.7.0:1bf9cc5093, Jun 27 2018,
                        04:06:47) [MSC v.1914 32 bit (Intel)]]
              platform: yes [win32]

REQUIRED DEPENDENCIES AND EXTENSIONS
                 numpy: yes [version 1.15.1]
      install_requires: yes [handled by setuptools]
                libagg: yes [pkg-config information for 'libagg' could not
                        be found. Using local copy.]
              freetype: no  [The C/C++ header for freetype
                        (freetype2\ft2build.h) could not be found.  You may
                        need to install the development package.]
                   png: no  [The C/C++ header for png (png.h) could not be
                        found.  You may need to install the development
                        package.]
                 qhull: yes [pkg-config information for 'libqhull' could not
                        be found. Using local copy.]

OPTIONAL SUBPACKAGES
           sample_data: yes [installing]
              toolkits: yes [installing]
                 tests: no  [skipping due to configuration]
        toolkits_tests: no  [skipping due to configuration]

OPTIONAL BACKEND EXTENSIONS
                   agg: yes [installing]
                 tkagg: yes [installing; run-time loading from Python Tcl /
                        Tk]
                macosx: no  [Mac OS-X only]
             windowing: yes [installing]

OPTIONAL PACKAGE DATA
                  dlls: no  [skipping due to configuration]

============================================================================
                        * The following required packages can not be built:
                        * freetype, png
                        * Please check http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packa
                        * ges/freetype.htm for instructions to install
                        * freetype
                        * Please check http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packa
                        * ges/libpng.htm for instructions to install png

----------------------------------------

Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in C:\Users\timregan\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-ub5eg6x_\matplotlib\

[dumbledad]

Note that pip install matplotlib==2.2.3 works without error

[ImportanceOfBeingErnest]

First of all it's clear that matplotlib will not install correctly when freetype and libpng are missing. So the problem would be to get those installed.

I can reproduce the fact that pip seems to be unable to install those

(mpl300testing03) C:\Users>python -mpip install freetype
Collecting freetype
  Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement freetype (from versions: )
No matching distribution found for freetype

same story for libpng. This is within an environment created via conda create -n mpl300testing03 python=3.7 numpy.

However, conda seems to be able to sucessfully install them.

> conda create -n mpl300testing04 python=3.7 numpy freetype libpng
> activate mpl300testing04
(mpl300testing04) > python -mpip install matplotlib==3

works fine for me.

[tacaswell]

@dumbledad Try again now, I failed to correctly upload all of the wheels so you are getting the tarball and trying to compile from source!

[ImportanceOfBeingErnest]

Oh, that would then also be the solution for #12168 I guess?

[tacaswell]

Most likely.

[tacaswell]

Closing as #12168 is almost certainly the same problem and is reported fixed.

[dumbledad]

@tacaswell That's fixed it, thanks.

[sonineha2191]

conda install freetype
conda install libpng
conda install matplotlib

worked for me!!

[keshavm02]

Still hasn't worked for me- tried everything above.

[jaysonpowers-zz]

same

[Amol-Bhowad]

@tacaswell I also got same error while installing matplotlib
Running setup.py clean for matplotlib
Failed to build matplotlib
Installing collected packages: matplotlib
Running setup.py install for matplotlib ... error
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
command: 'C:\Python\python.exe' -u -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'C:\Users\AMOL B\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-hda_360c\matplotlib\setup.py'"'"'; file='"'"'C:\Users\AMOL B\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-hda_360c\matplotlib\setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(file);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, file, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' install --record 'C:\Users\AMOL B\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-record-p_ol2cb6\install-record.txt' --single-version-externally-managed --compile
cwd: C:\Users\AMOL B\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-hda_360c\matplotlib
Complete output (499 lines):
================================================================================
Edit setup.cfg to change the build options

BUILDING MATPLOTLIB
  matplotlib: yes [3.1.1]
      python: yes [3.8.0 (tags/v3.8.0:fa919fd, Oct 14 2019, 19:37:50) [MSC
                  v.1916 64 bit (AMD64)]]
    platform: yes [win32]

OPTIONAL SUBPACKAGES
 sample_data: yes [installing]
       tests: no  [skipping due to configuration]

OPTIONAL BACKEND EXTENSIONS
         agg: yes [installing]
       tkagg: yes [installing; run-time loading from Python Tcl/Tk]
      macosx: no  [Mac OS-X only]

OPTIONAL PACKAGE DATA
        dlls: no  [skipping due to configuration]

running install

[timhoffm]

@Amol-Bhowad @mathacka There are no binary wheels for python 3.8 yet. See #15708 (comment).

[Amol-Bhowad]

Thanks @timhoffm Sir It Worked!

[EzequielBurg]

I have the same problem when I execute my python app in a docker-compose. In the requirements, I have matplotlib==3.0.3 and when I run the file, it's returned:

• The following required packages can not be built:
• freetype, png

Note: In my requirements I have before matplotlib: freetype-py==2.1.0 and pypng==0.0.20

Please someone help me

[LeMutique]

Same as above.. Using python 3.8.2

[AchinthyaBhat]

This worked for me. Change the matplotlib version as needed.

sudo apt-get install libfreetype6-dev
pip3 install matplotlib==2.2.2