title: Error in importing Pylab
body: <p>I am trying to import Pylab using the <code>import matplotlib.pyplot as plt</code>. However I received an error message below. Does anyone have a fix for this? I'm using Enthought's distribution, which uses IPython 0.12.</p>
  
  <pre><code>In [1]: import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  ImportError                               Traceback (most recent call last)
  &lt;ipython-input-1-eff513f636fd&gt; in &lt;module&gt;()
  ----&gt; 1 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
  
  /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/pyplot.py in &lt;module&gt;()
       21 from matplotlib.cbook import dedent, silent_list, is_string_like, is_numlike
       22 from matplotlib import docstring
  ---&gt; 23 from matplotlib.figure import Figure, figaspect
       24 from matplotlib.backend_bases import FigureCanvasBase
       25 from matplotlib.image import imread as _imread
  
  /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/figure.py in &lt;module&gt;()
       16 import artist
       17 from artist import Artist, allow_rasterization
  ---&gt; 18 from axes import Axes, SubplotBase, subplot_class_factory
       19 from cbook import flatten, allequal, Stack, iterable, is_string_like
       20 import _image
  
  /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/axes.py in &lt;module&gt;()
       12 import matplotlib.artist as martist
       13 from matplotlib.artist import allow_rasterization
  ---&gt; 14 import matplotlib.axis as maxis
       15 import matplotlib.cbook as cbook
       16 import matplotlib.collections as mcoll
  
  /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/axis.py in &lt;module&gt;()
        8 from matplotlib.artist import allow_rasterization
        9 import matplotlib.cbook as cbook
  ---&gt; 10 import matplotlib.font_manager as font_manager
       11 import matplotlib.lines as mlines
       12 import matplotlib.patches as mpatches
  
  /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/font_manager.py in &lt;module&gt;()
       50 import matplotlib
       51 from matplotlib import afm
  ---&gt; 52 from matplotlib import ft2font
       53 from matplotlib import rcParams, get_configdir
       54 from matplotlib.cbook import is_string_like
  
  ImportError: dlopen(/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/ft2font.so, 2): Library         not loaded: /opt/local/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib
    Referenced from: /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/ft2font.so
    Reason: image not found
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Edit: The output of <code>ls -ltr /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/</code>:</p>
  
  <pre><code>total 19800
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   44538 Sep 24 21:21 widgets.py
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel    5035 Sep 24 21:21 units.py
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   11537 Sep 24 21:21 type1font.py
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   77154 Sep 24 21:21 transforms.py
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel    7098 Sep 24 21:21 tight_layout.py
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel    3839 Sep 24 21:21 tight_bbox.py
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   51195 Sep 24 21:21 ticker.py
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   15516 Sep 24 21:21 textpath.py
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   69526 Sep 24 21:21 text.py
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   22703 Sep 24 21:21 texmanager.py
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   16868 Sep 24 21:21 table.py
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   17723 Sep 24 21:21 spines.py
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   14316 Sep 24 21:21 scale.py
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   40573 Sep 24 21:21 sankey.py
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   25707 Sep 24 21:21 rcsetup.py
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   40599 Sep 24 21:21 quiver.py
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   92531 Sep 24 21:21 pyplot.py
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel  143924 Sep 24 21:21 pyparsing.py
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   11742 Sep 24 21:21 pylab.py
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel    6826 Sep 24 21:21 patheffects.py
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   24453 Sep 24 21:21 path.py
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel  133545 Sep 24 21:21 patches.py
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   50156 Sep 24 21:21 offsetbox.py
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel     785 Sep 24 21:21 mpl.py
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel  100604 Sep 24 21:21 mlab.py
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel  109731 Sep 24 21:21 mathtext.py
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   23594 Sep 24 21:21 markers.py
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   38180 Sep 24 21:21 lines.py
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   20098 Sep 24 21:21 legend_handler.py
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   35251 Sep 24 21:21 legend.py
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   46614 Sep 24 21:21 image.py
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel    6564 Sep 24 21:21 hatch.py
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   16092 Sep 24 21:21 gridspec.py
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel    6429 Sep 24 21:21 fontconfig_pattern.py
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   43749 Sep 24 21:21 font_manager.py
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   23033 Sep 24 21:21 finance.py
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   50232 Sep 24 21:21 figure.py
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   32575 Sep 24 21:21 dviread.py
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel    3769 Sep 24 21:21 docstring.py
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   40070 Sep 24 21:21 dates.py
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   54477 Sep 24 21:21 contour.py
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel    2832 Sep 24 21:21 container.py
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   44186 Sep 24 21:21 colors.py
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   34547 Sep 24 21:21 colorbar.py
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   45282 Sep 24 21:21 collections.py
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel    9508 Sep 24 21:21 cm.py
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   59573 Sep 24 21:21 cbook.py
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   12895 Sep 24 21:21 blocking_input.py
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   16237 Sep 24 21:21 bezier.py
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   94652 Sep 24 21:21 backend_bases.py
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   72371 Sep 24 21:21 axis.py
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel  301792 Sep 24 21:21 axes.py
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   37279 Sep 24 21:21 artist.py
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   19948 Sep 24 21:21 animation.py
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   15422 Sep 24 21:21 afm.py
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel    3275 Sep 24 21:21 _pylab_helpers.py
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   89917 Sep 24 21:21 _mathtext_data.py
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   88432 Sep 24 21:21 _cm.py
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   33452 Sep 24 21:21 __init__.py
  -rwxr-xr-x   1 root   wheel  844488 Sep 24 21:21 ft2font.so
  -rwxr-xr-x   1 root   wheel  152904 Sep 24 21:21 ttconv.so
  -rwxr-xr-x   1 root   wheel   53672 Sep 24 21:21 _cntr.so
  -rwxr-xr-x   1 root   wheel   35020 Sep 24 21:21 nxutils.so
  -rwxr-xr-x   1 root   wheel  161740 Sep 24 21:21 _delaunay.so
  -rwxr-xr-x   1 root   wheel  741008 Sep 24 21:21 _path.so
  -rwxr-xr-x   1 root   wheel  693588 Sep 24 21:21 _tri.so
  -rwxr-xr-x   1 scott  wheel  828348 Sep 24 21:21 _image.so copy
  -rwxr-xr-x   1 root   wheel  828348 Sep 24 21:21 _image.so
  -rwxr-xr-x   1 root   wheel  488096 Sep 24 21:22 _png.so
  drwxr-xr-x   7 root   wheel     238 Sep 24 21:22 mpl-data
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   44944 Sep 24 21:22 widgets.pyc
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel    5808 Sep 24 21:22 units.pyc
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   11090 Sep 24 21:22 type1font.pyc
  drwxr-xr-x  12 root   wheel     408 Sep 24 21:22 tri
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   91307 Sep 24 21:22 transforms.pyc
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel    6061 Sep 24 21:22 tight_layout.pyc
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel    4172 Sep 24 21:22 tight_bbox.pyc
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   57906 Sep 24 21:22 ticker.pyc
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   14645 Sep 24 21:22 textpath.pyc
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   67364 Sep 24 21:22 text.pyc
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   19813 Sep 24 21:22 texmanager.pyc
  drwxr-xr-x  50 root   wheel    1700 Sep 24 21:22 tests
  drwxr-xr-x  11 root   wheel     374 Sep 24 21:22 testing
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   16758 Sep 24 21:22 table.pyc
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   15471 Sep 24 21:22 spines.pyc
  drwxr-xr-x  12 root   wheel     408 Sep 24 21:22 sphinxext
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   19505 Sep 24 21:22 scale.pyc
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   26862 Sep 24 21:22 sankey.pyc
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   22428 Sep 24 21:22 rcsetup.pyc
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   35530 Sep 24 21:22 quiver.pyc
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   91567 Sep 24 21:22 pyplot.pyc
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel  144868 Sep 24 21:22 pyparsing.pyc
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   13151 Sep 24 21:22 pylab.pyc
  drwxr-xr-x   8 root   wheel     272 Sep 24 21:22 projections
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel    7714 Sep 24 21:22 patheffects.pyc
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   22967 Sep 24 21:22 path.pyc
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel  134328 Sep 24 21:22 patches.pyc
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   54567 Sep 24 21:22 offsetbox.pyc
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel    1175 Sep 24 21:22 mpl.pyc
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel  105969 Sep 24 21:22 mlab.pyc
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel  109167 Sep 24 21:22 mathtext.pyc
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   25276 Sep 24 21:22 markers.pyc
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   41185 Sep 24 21:22 lines.pyc
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   18782 Sep 24 21:22 legend_handler.pyc
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   28941 Sep 24 21:22 legend.pyc
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   44466 Sep 24 21:22 image.pyc
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel    9038 Sep 24 21:22 hatch.pyc
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   14893 Sep 24 21:22 gridspec.pyc
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel    6491 Sep 24 21:22 fontconfig_pattern.pyc
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   40188 Sep 24 21:22 font_manager.pyc
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   19865 Sep 24 21:22 finance.pyc
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   51123 Sep 24 21:22 figure.pyc
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   33935 Sep 24 21:22 dviread.pyc
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel    5278 Sep 24 21:22 docstring.pyc
  drwxr-xr-x  10 root   wheel     340 Sep 24 21:22 delaunay
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   43998 Sep 24 21:22 dates.pyc
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   46848 Sep 24 21:22 contour.pyc
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel    4997 Sep 24 21:22 container.pyc
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   43736 Sep 24 21:22 colors.pyc
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   32285 Sep 24 21:22 colorbar.pyc
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   46694 Sep 24 21:22 collections.pyc
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   10966 Sep 24 21:22 cm.pyc
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   71936 Sep 24 21:22 cbook.pyc
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   14396 Sep 24 21:22 blocking_input.pyc
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   14524 Sep 24 21:22 bezier.pyc
  drwxr-xr-x  59 root   wheel    2006 Sep 24 21:22 backends
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   98700 Sep 24 21:22 backend_bases.pyc
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   68984 Sep 24 21:22 axis.pyc
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel  268555 Sep 24 21:22 axes.pyc
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   40988 Sep 24 21:22 artist.pyc
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   15092 Sep 24 21:22 animation.pyc
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   16956 Sep 24 21:22 afm.pyc
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel    4467 Sep 24 21:22 _pylab_helpers.pyc
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   64647 Sep 24 21:22 _mathtext_data.pyc
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   81690 Sep 24 21:22 _cm.pyc
  -rw-r--r--   1 root   wheel   32767 Sep 24 21:22 __init__.pyc
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And the output of <code>ls -ltr /opt/local/lib/</code>:</p>
  
  <pre><code>ls: /opt/local/lib/: No such file or directory
  </code></pre>