[Matplotlib-users] Installing matplotlib dev version on ubuntu from source file

[Imran Ali]

I did the following in order to (try) to install matplotlib :

$ git clone clone https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib.git <https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib.git>
$ cd matplotlib
$ python setup.py build

Which generates the following message :

============================================================================
Edit setup.cfg to change the build options

BUILDING MATPLOTLIB
            matplotlib: yes [1.5.0+226.g2f3b2ca]
                python: yes [2.7.9 (default, Apr  2 2015, 15:33:21)  [GCC
                        4.9.2]]
              platform: yes [linux2]

REQUIRED DEPENDENCIES AND EXTENSIONS
                 numpy: yes [version 1.8.2]
              dateutil: yes [using dateutil version 2.2]
           functools32: yes [functools32 was not found. It is required for
                        forpython versions prior to 3.2]
                  pytz: yes [using pytz version 2014.10]
                cycler: yes [cycler was not found. pip will attempt to
                        install it after matplotlib.]
               tornado: yes [tornado was not found. It is required for the
                        WebAgg backend. pip/easy_install may attempt to
                        install it after matplotlib.]
             pyparsing: yes [using pyparsing version 2.0.3]
                libagg: yes [pkg-config information for 'libagg' could not
                        be found. Using local copy.]
              freetype: no  [The C/C++ header for freetype2 (ft2build.h)
                        could not be found.  You may need to install the
                        development package.]
                   png: no  [pkg-config information for 'libpng' could not
                        be found.]
                 qhull: yes [pkg-config information for 'qhull' could not be
                        found. Using local copy.]

OPTIONAL SUBPACKAGES
           sample_data: yes [installing]
              toolkits: yes [installing]
                 tests: yes [using nose version 1.3.4 / using mock 1.0.1]
        toolkits_tests: yes [using nose version 1.3.4 / using mock 1.0.1]

OPTIONAL BACKEND EXTENSIONS
                macosx: no  [Mac OS-X only]
                qt5agg: no  [PyQt5 not found]
                qt4agg: yes [installing, Qt: 4.8.6, PyQt: 4.8.6; PySide not
                        found]
               gtk3agg: yes [installing, version 3.13.14]
             gtk3cairo: yes [installing, version 3.13.14]
                gtkagg: no  [The C/C++ header for gtk (gtk/gtk.h) could not
                        be found.  You may need to install the development
                        package.]
                 tkagg: no  [The C/C++ header for Tk (tk.h) could not be
                        found.  You may need to install the development
                        package.]
                 wxagg: no  [requires wxPython]
                   gtk: no  [The C/C++ header for gtk (gtk/gtk.h) could not
                        be found.  You may need to install the development
                        package.]
                   agg: yes [installing]
                 cairo: yes [installing, pycairo version 1.8.8]
             windowing: no  [Microsoft Windows only]

OPTIONAL LATEX DEPENDENCIES
                dvipng: yes [version 1.14]
           ghostscript: yes [version 9.15]
                 latex: yes [version 3.14159265]
               pdftops: yes [version 0.30.0]

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

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


When I thereupon ran install command
$ python setup.py install

I got the same output as above. Nothing happend. I have got v.1.4.2 on my machine, but would really like to have the dev version to test the new colormaps.

Imran
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