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Add freetype to testing prerequisites #800

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kallimachos opened this issue May 14, 2020 · 0 comments · Fixed by #801
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Add freetype to testing prerequisites #800

kallimachos opened this issue May 14, 2020 · 0 comments · Fixed by #801
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matplotlib requires freetype. Trying to run the tests as per http://blog.rueckstiess.com/mtools/testing.html leads to an error if freetype is not installed. Update the doc to mention freetype in the prerequisites.

For example, on Ubuntu: apt-get install libfreetype6-dev libxft-dev
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Add freetype to testing prerequisites
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- add return to RST EOF to satisfy doc8 checks
- set doc max line length to 99 to match code max line length
- update spelling wordlist

Closes #800
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