Thread: [Matplotlib-users] freetype problem with 0.98.5.2 on OS X

Hi,

matplotlib 0.98.3 runs fine on my system.  However, when I do "ipython
-pylab" with 0.98.5.2 on OS X, I get:

    from matplotlib import ft2font
ImportError: dlopen(/Users/bgranger/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/ft2font.so,
2): Symbol not found: _FT_Get_PS_Font_Info
  Referenced from:
/Users/bgranger/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/ft2font.so
  Expected in: /usr/local/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib

I am using the system freetype lib.  Does anyone have any hints on
hunting this one down?

Thanks,

Brian

Brian Granger wrote:
> Hi,
>
> matplotlib 0.98.3 runs fine on my system.  However, when I do "ipython
> -pylab" with 0.98.5.2 on OS X, I get:
>
>     from matplotlib import ft2font
> ImportError: dlopen(/Users/bgranger/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/ft2font.so,
> 2): Symbol not found: _FT_Get_PS_Font_Info
>   Referenced from:
> /Users/bgranger/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/ft2font.so
>   Expected in: /usr/local/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib
>
> I am using the system freetype lib.  Does anyone have any hints on
> hunting this one down?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Brian
>   

Brian:  The "system" freetype lib (that comes with Apple X11) is in 
/usr/X11/lib, not /usr/local/lib.  You must have installed an older 
version of freetype in /usr/local, which matplotlib linked against.

-Jeff