title: Matplotlib Build Problem: Error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'ft2build.h'
body: <p><strong>ft2build.h</strong> is located here:</p>
  
  <p><strong>C:\Program Files\GnuWin32\include</strong></p>
  
  <p>Initially, I made the same mistake as here:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/160938/fatal-error-c1083-cannot-open-include-file-tiffio-h-no-such-file-or-director">Fatal Error C1083: Cannot Open Include file: &#39;tiffio.h&#39;: No such file or directory VC++ 2008</a></p>
  
  <p>but since then, I've corrected that particular error (I've added the above directory to the "include" list, rather than the "executables" list), but I still get an error. The complete output is this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>BUILDING MATPLOTLIB
              matplotlib: 0.98.5.2
                  python: 2.6.2 Stackless 3.1b3 060516 (release26-maint, Apr
                          14 2009, 21:19:36) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)]
                platform: win32
         Windows version: (5, 1, 2600, 2, 'Service Pack 3')
  
  REQUIRED DEPENDENCIES
                   numpy: 1.3.0
               freetype2: found, but unknown version (no pkg-config)
                          * WARNING: Could not find 'freetype2' headers in any
                          * of '.', '.\freetype2'.
  
  OPTIONAL BACKEND DEPENDENCIES
                  libpng: found, but unknown version (no pkg-config)
                          * Could not find 'libpng' headers in any of '.'
                 Tkinter: no
                          * No tk/win32 support for this python version yet
                wxPython: 2.8.9.2
                          * WxAgg extension not required for wxPython &gt;= 2.8
                    Gtk+: no
                          * Building for Gtk+ requires pygtk; you must be able
                          * to "import gtk" in your build/install environment
         Mac OS X native: no
                      Qt: no
                     Qt4: no
                   Cairo: no
  
  OPTIONAL DATE/TIMEZONE DEPENDENCIES
                datetime: present, version unknown
                dateutil: matplotlib will provide
                    pytz: matplotlib will provide
  
  OPTIONAL USETEX DEPENDENCIES
                  dvipng: no
             ghostscript: no
                   latex: no
                 pdftops: no
  
  [Edit setup.cfg to suppress the above messages]
  ============================================================================
  pymods ['pylab']
  packages ['matplotlib', 'matplotlib.backends', 'matplotlib.projections', 'mpl_to
  olkits', 'matplotlib.numerix', 'matplotlib.numerix.mlab', 'matplotlib.numerix.ma
  ', 'matplotlib.numerix.npyma', 'matplotlib.numerix.linear_algebra', 'matplotlib.
  numerix.random_array', 'matplotlib.numerix.fft', 'matplotlib.delaunay', 'pytz',
  'dateutil', 'dateutil/zoneinfo']
  running build
  running build_py
  copying lib\matplotlib\mpl-data\matplotlibrc -&gt; build\lib.win32-2.6\matplotlib\m
  pl-data
  copying lib\matplotlib\mpl-data\matplotlib.conf -&gt; build\lib.win32-2.6\matplotli
  b\mpl-data
  running build_ext
  building 'matplotlib.ft2font' extension
  C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\BIN\cl.exe /c /nologo /Ox /MD /W
  3 /GS- /DNDEBUG -IC:\Python26\lib\site-packages\numpy\core\include -I. -IC:\Pyth
  on26\lib\site-packages\numpy\core\include\freetype2 -I.\freetype2 -IC:\Python26\
  include -IC:\Python26\include\Stackless -IC:\Python26\PC /Tpsrc/ft2font.cpp /Fob
  uild\temp.win32-2.6\Release\src/ft2font.obj
  ft2font.cpp
  C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\INCLUDE\xlocale(342) : warning C
  4530: C++ exception handler used, but unwind semantics are not enabled. Specify
  /EHsc
  c:\python26\lib\site-packages\matplotlib-0.98.5.2\src\ft2font.h(13) : fatal erro
  r C1083: Cannot open include file: 'ft2build.h': No such file or directory
  error: command '"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\BIN\cl.exe"' fa
  iled with exit status 2
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I should mention that this is Python 2.6</p>