Index: /u/astrid-r1b/morlighe/issmuci/trunk-jpl/../trunk-jpl/externalpackages/matplotlib/install-osx.sh
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--- /u/astrid-r1b/morlighe/issmuci/trunk-jpl/../trunk-jpl/externalpackages/matplotlib/install-osx.sh	(revision 13353)
+++ /u/astrid-r1b/morlighe/issmuci/trunk-jpl/../trunk-jpl/externalpackages/matplotlib/install-osx.sh	(revision 13354)
@@ -3,18 +3,30 @@
 pythonversion=2.7
 PYTHON=python${pythonversion}
 
+export C_INCLUDE_PATH="$C_INCLUDE_PATH:/usr/include/c++/4.2.1"
 export GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY=true 
-export CC="gcc -fPIC"
-export CXX="g++ -fPIC"
-export F77="gfortran -fPIC"
-export FC="gfortran -fPIC"
-export FFLAGS=-ff2c
+export CC="gcc -fPIC -arch x86_64 -I/usr/include/c++/4.2.1"
+export CXX="g++ -fPIC -arch x86_64 -I/usr/include/c++/4.2.1"
+export F77="gfortran -fPIC -arch x86_64 -I/usr/include/c++/4.2.1"
+export FC="gfortran -fPIC -arch x86_64 -I/usr/include/c++/4.2.1"
+export FFLAGS="-ff2c -arch x86_64 -I/usr/include/c++/4.2.1"
+export ARCHFLAGS="-arch x86_64 -I/usr/include/c++/4.2.1"
 
 
+
 git clone https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib
 mv matplotlib src
 mkdir deps
 cd src
-exit
-make -f make.osx PREFIX=$ISSM_DIR/externalpackages/matplotlib/deps PYVERSION=$pythonversion fetch deps mpl_install_std
-${PYTHON} -c "import matplotlib; print 'Installed matplotlib', matplotlib.__version__, matplotlib.__file__"
+
+#only try this if the classic python setup.py build approach does not work. The approach in the next 3 lines can 
+#trigger issues of permissions with freetype. Sometimes it is better to independently install freetype2 (from the 
+#issm externalpackages) as sudo (or root), so that the python script can detect its existence automatically.
+#sudo make -f make.osx PREFIX=$ISSM_DIR/externalpackages/matplotlib/deps PYVERSION=$pythonversion fetch deps mpl_install_std
+#sudo make -f make.osx PREFIX=$ISSM_DIR/externalpackages/matplotlib/deps PYVERSION=$pythonversion mpl_install_std
+#${PYTHON} -c "import matplotlib; print 'Installed matplotlib', matplotlib.__version__, matplotlib.__file__"
+
+
+#to be tried:  first get freetype and  zlib and libpng installed in sudo mode
+python setup.py build
+python setup.py install