@@ -275,19 +275,26 @@ compiler, see e.g.
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https://packaging.python.org/guides/packaging-binary-extensions/#setting-up-a-build-environment-on-windows
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for how to set up a build environment.
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- Since there is no canonical Windows package manager, the methods for building
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- FreeType, zlib, and libpng from source code are documented as a build script
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- at `matplotlib-winbuild <https://github.com/jbmohler/matplotlib-winbuild >`_.
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+ The Windows OS has no canonical package manager to provide easy inclusion of the dependencies that are
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+ required for the Matplotlib build. However, documentation and scripts that build the FreeType, zlib,
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+ and libpng dependencies from source code and integrate them into the Matplotlib build can be found
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+ at `matplotlib-winbuild <https://github.com/MaxvandenBoom/matplotlib-winbuild >`_.
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There are a few possibilities to build Matplotlib on Windows:
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- * Wheels via `matplotlib-winbuild <https://github.com/jbmohler /matplotlib-winbuild >`_
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+ * Wheels via `matplotlib-winbuild <https://github.com/MaxvandenBoom /matplotlib-winbuild >`_
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* Wheels by using conda packages (see below)
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* Conda packages (see below)
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If you are building your own Matplotlib wheels (or sdists), note that any DLLs
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that you copy into the source tree will be packaged too.
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+ .. note ::
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+ The current master branch (which will become matplotlib 3.3) includes its own copy of Qhull; and by default downloads and builds
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+ its own copy of FreeType. The only non-python dependency that you would require is Visual Studio 2015 or later.
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+ See https://matplotlib.org/devdocs/users/installing.html#building-on-windows for the instructions on installing from master).
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Wheel builds using conda packages
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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