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both are good distributions
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katyhuff committed Jul 12, 2014
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thing for you to do is use one of the pre-packaged python
distributions that already provide matplotlib built-in. The Continuum.io
Python distribution `(Anaconda)
<https://store.continuum.io/cshop/anaconda/>`_ for Windows, OS X, or Linux
is an excellent choice that "just works" out of the box.
The Enthought distribution `(Canopy)
<https://www.enthought.com/products/canopy/>`_ is also a good a good choice
for any platform. Both of these packages include matplotlib and
<https://store.continuum.io/cshop/anaconda/>`_ and the Enthought
distribution 8000 `(Canopy) <https://www.enthought.com/products/canopy/>`_
are both excellent choices that "just work" out of the box for any
platform. Both of these packages include matplotlib and
*lots* of other useful tools. matplotlib is also packaged for almost
every major Linux distribution. So if you are on Linux, your package
manager will probably provide matplotlib prebuilt.
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For developers who want to build matplotlib from source, the recommended and
supported way to build is to use a third-party package manager to install the
required dependencies, and then install matplotlib from source using the
setup.py script. Three widely used package managers are conda, homebrew, and
setup.py script. Three widely used package managers are homebrew, and
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You mean "Two"... unless you want to include fink. I would just stick with homebrew and macports, though.

MacPorts. The following example illustrates how to install libpng and freetype
using conda:

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