[reportlab-users] Installing on Mac OSX

[Paul Barrass]

Aaron Barlow wrote:

> Andrea,

>

> I've installed Reportlab on several Mac, but you can't use 

> easy_install do to because of some of the required dependencies (i.e. 

> FreeType and PIL). You'll have better success installing ReportLab and 

> its dependencies from source.

It (probably) won't be necessary to install FreeType and PIL from source 
if you install the packages and the -devel packages (or Mac equivalents, 
not something I've ever tried).  Installing RL from the install tarball 
is the supported option (and just a matter of make install) - 
easy_install is explicitly unsupported.

I was under the impression that both FT and PIL were both optional 
dependencies (though highly recommended), so you might not have to worry 
about them if you just want a quick try out, maybe someone more in the 
know will let you know when they see your problems.

Paul Barrass.