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changed the text of INSTALL to be correct about what external 
dependencies you need to install on windows.
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tacaswell committed Jan 29, 2014
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Expand Up @@ -154,11 +154,11 @@ Build requirements
==================

These are external packages which you will need to install before
installing matplotlib. Windows users only need the first two (python
and numpy) since the others are built into the matplotlib Windows
installers available for download at `the download page
<https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/downloads>_`. If you are
building on OSX, see :ref:`build_osx`. If you are installing
installing matplotlib. Windows users only need the first four (python,
numpy, dateutil, and pyparsing) since the others are built into the
matplotlib Windows installers available for download at `the download
page <https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/downloads>_`. If you
are building on OSX, see :ref:`build_osx`. If you are installing
dependencies with a package manager on Linux, you may need to install
the development packages (look for a "-dev" postfix) in addition to
the libraries themselves.
Expand All @@ -185,17 +185,6 @@ the libraries themselves.
:term:`numpy` |minimum_numpy_version| (or later)
array support for python (`download numpy <http://numpy.org>`_)

libpng 1.2 (or later)
library for loading and saving :term:`PNG` files (`download
<http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html>`__). libpng requires
zlib. If you are a Windows user, you can ignore this because we
build support into the matplotlib single-click installer

:term:`freetype` 1.4 (or later)
library for reading true type font files. If you are a windows
user, you can ignore this since we build support into the
matplotlib single click installer.

:term:`dateutil` 1.1 or later
Provides extensions to python datetime handling. If using pip,
easy_install or installing from source, the installer will attempt
Expand All @@ -209,6 +198,18 @@ libpng 1.2 (or later)
using pip, easy_install or installing from source, the installer
will attempt to download and install `pyparsing` from PyPI.

libpng 1.2 (or later)
library for loading and saving :term:`PNG` files (`download
<http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html>`__). libpng requires
zlib. If you are a Windows user, you can ignore this because we
build support into the matplotlib single-click installer

:term:`freetype` 1.4 (or later)
library for reading true type font files. If you are a windows
user, you can ignore this since we build support into the
matplotlib single click installer.


**Optional**

These are optional packages which you may want to install to use
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