@@ -220,13 +220,15 @@ etc., you can install the following:
220220FreeType and Qhull
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222222
223- Matplotlib depends on `FreeType <https://www.freetype.org/ >`_ (>=
224- 2.3), a font rendering library, and on `Qhull
225- <http://www.qhull.org/> `_ (>= 2015.2), a library for computing
226- triangulations. By default (except on AIX) Matplotlib downloads and
227- builds its own copy of FreeType (this is necessary to run the test
228- suite, because different versions of FreeType rasterize characters
229- differently), and uses its own copy of Qhull.
223+ Matplotlib depends on FreeType _ (>= 2.3), a font rendering library, and on
224+ Qhull _ (>= 2020.2), a library for computing triangulations. By default,
225+ Matplotlib downloads and builds its own copies of FreeType (this is necessary
226+ to run the test suite, because different versions of FreeType rasterize
227+ characters differently) and of Qhull. As an exception, Matplotlib defaults to
228+ the system version of FreeType on AIX.
229+
230+ .. _FreeType : https://www.freetype.org/
231+ .. _Qhull : http://www.qhull.org/
230232
231233To force Matplotlib to use a copy of FreeType or Qhull already installed in
232234your system, create a :file: `setup.cfg ` file with the following contents:
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