pip install command error out with exit status 1 when installing matplotlib

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I am trying to install matplotlib with pip command on windows 10 but it is giving me an error and exiting with status 1. I have looked for hours to solve this error but couldn't remove the error. Here is the error. Then it creates and copy a lot of files in red font.

I'm also getting exit status 2 at the end.

Duplicate of [this thread](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48456125/unable-to-install-matplotlib-using-pip), see accepted answer — crissal, Oct 28 '19 at 19:45
Thank you for posting but I have already tried this solution. It didn't worked for me. @crissal — JawadR1, Oct 28 '19 at 19:49
Possible duplicate of [Unable to install matplotlib using pip](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48456125/unable-to-install-matplotlib-using-pip) — Michal Rosa, Oct 28 '19 at 23:22

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 29 '19 at 14:44

You are missing freetype which is a required external dependency to build python from source which you need to do because we have not posted py38 wheels for Matplotlib (we are working on it).

For now follow the instructions at https://matplotlib.org/devel/contributing.html#retrieving-and-installing-the-latest-version-of-the-code to set the MPLLOCALFREETYPE=1 enviroment variable to have Matplotlib build a local copy of freetype for you. This will be the default behavior in future releases.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 28 '19 at 20:09

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I didn't got the proper answer to why it is giving an error or how to solve it but I solved my issue by switching python 3.8.0 to 3.7.5 as suggested by @crissal in the comment section.

answered Oct 28 '19 at 20:09

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