2012-09-22
Just a short note to document some missing dependencies for anyone else trying to google the same problem I just had.
This first time it failed it couldn't find a file called ft2build.h. This was fixed by installing libfreetype6 and libfreetype6-dev.
After that it failed when it couldn't find png.h. This was fixed by installing libpng-dev
In summary, before running pip install run:
sudo apt-get install libfreetype6 libfreetype6-dev libpng-devand it should go off without a hitch. I assume these would be needed installing outside a virtualenv as well.
Originally published 2012-09-22 11:36:44