I have recently been trying to build matplotlib from source under Vista using mingw32. I have downloaded the win32static library from the matplotlib page. Here is the error:
writing build\temp.win32-2.5\Release\src\ft2font.def
c:\Program Files\pythonxy\mingw\bin\g++.exe -mno-cygwin -mdll -static --entry _DllMain@…2682… --output-lib build\temp.win32-2.5\Release\src\libft2font.a --def build\temp.win32-2.5\Release\src\ft2font.def -s build\temp.win32-2.5\Release\src\ft2font.o build\temp.win32-2.5\Release\src\mplutils.o build\temp.win32-2.5\Release\cxx\cxxsupport.o build\temp.win32-2.5\Release\cxx\cxx_extensions.o build\temp.win32-2.5\Release\cxx\indirectpythoninterface.o build\temp.win32-2.5\Release\cxx\cxxextensions.o -Lwin32_static\lib -Lc:\python25\libs -Lc:\python25\PCBuild -lfreetype -lz -lpython25 -lmsvcr71 -o build\lib.win32-2.5\matplotlib\ft2font.pyd
g++: build\temp.win32-2.5\Release\src\libft2font.a: No such file or directory
error: command ‘g++’ failed with exit status 1
It would seem that somehow it is attempting to link with libft2font.a instead of creating it. Any ideas?
Thanks,
William