I too have been bit by related freetype problems... Is there a way of telling matplotlib which freetype dylib to use on OS X? I have multiple installed and it finds the wrong one by default. I can probably go and hack on the setup.py/setupext.py to do this but I am hoping there is any easier way.
Thanks, Brian On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 9:07 AM, Christopher Barker <chris.bar...@noaa.gov> wrote: > John Seales wrote: >> Turns out that libfreetype in X11 has a bug with mac os 10.4.11. I found >> out how to fix it on >> http://forums.macosxhints.com/archive/index.php/t-98792.html . The new >> libfreetype, once in the right spot and called libfreetype.6.dylib seems >> to work. > > If it works, you're probably done, but, for the sake of completeness, > what do you get from: > > $ ls -l /usr/X11R6/lib/libfreetype* > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 348476 Jan 21 07:27 > /usr/X11R6/lib/libfreetype.6.3.dylib > > lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 21 Aug 14 2008 > /usr/X11R6/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib -> libfreetype.6.3.dylib > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 831260 Mar 23 2007 /usr/X11R6/lib/libfreetype.a > > lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 21 Aug 14 2008 > /usr/X11R6/lib/libfreetype.dylib -> libfreetype.6.3.dylib > > This is the traditional *nix convention: > > the real lib is libfreetype.6.3.dylib (major an minor version specified) > > The other ones are links to it. > > I suspect that you where missing the libfreetype.6.dylib link before, > and that you may now have a full lib there, rather than a link. Which > probably is fine, but not quite standard. > > -Chris > > > > -- > Christopher Barker, Ph.D. > Oceanographer > > Emergency Response Division > NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice > 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax > Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception > > chris.bar...@noaa.gov > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanners deliver under ANY circumstances! Your > production scanning environment may not be a perfect world - but thanks to > Kodak, there's a perfect scanner to get the job done! With the NEW KODAK i700 > Series Scanner you'll get full speed at 300 dpi even with all image > processing features enabled. http://p.sf.net/sfu/kodak-com > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanners deliver under ANY circumstances! Your production scanning environment may not be a perfect world - but thanks to Kodak, there's a perfect scanner to get the job done! With the NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanner you'll get full speed at 300 dpi even with all image processing features enabled. http://p.sf.net/sfu/kodak-com _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
