@@ -154,11 +154,11 @@ Build requirements
154154==================
155155
156156These are external packages which you will need to install before
157- installing matplotlib. Windows users only need the first two (python
158- and numpy ) since the others are built into the matplotlib Windows
159- installers available for download at `the download page
160- <https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/downloads>_`. If you are
161- building on OSX, see :ref:`build_osx`. If you are installing
157+ installing matplotlib. Windows users only need the first four (python,
158+ numpy, dateutil, and pyparsing ) since the others are built into the
159+ matplotlib Windows installers available for download at `the download
160+ page <https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/downloads>_`. If you
161+ are building on OSX, see :ref:`build_osx`. If you are installing
162162dependencies with a package manager on Linux, you may need to install
163163the development packages (look for a "-dev" postfix) in addition to
164164the libraries themselves.
@@ -185,17 +185,6 @@ the libraries themselves.
185185:term:`numpy` |minimum_numpy_version| (or later)
186186 array support for python (`download numpy <http://numpy.org>`_)
187187
188- libpng 1.2 (or later)
189- library for loading and saving :term:`PNG` files (`download
190- <http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html>`__). libpng requires
191- zlib. If you are a Windows user, you can ignore this because we
192- build support into the matplotlib single-click installer
193-
194- :term:`freetype` 1.4 (or later)
195- library for reading true type font files. If you are a windows
196- user, you can ignore this since we build support into the
197- matplotlib single click installer.
198-
199188:term:`dateutil` 1.1 or later
200189 Provides extensions to python datetime handling. If using pip,
201190 easy_install or installing from source, the installer will attempt
@@ -209,6 +198,18 @@ libpng 1.2 (or later)
209198 using pip, easy_install or installing from source, the installer
210199 will attempt to download and install `pyparsing` from PyPI.
211200
201+ libpng 1.2 (or later)
202+ library for loading and saving :term:`PNG` files (`download
203+ <http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html>`__). libpng requires
204+ zlib. If you are a Windows user, you can ignore this because we
205+ build support into the matplotlib single-click installer
206+
207+ :term:`freetype` 1.4 (or later)
208+ library for reading true type font files. If you are a windows
209+ user, you can ignore this since we build support into the
210+ matplotlib single click installer.
211+
212+
212213**Optional**
213214
214215These are optional packages which you may want to install to use
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