Runtime error: Freetype library not found

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Runtime error: Freetype library not found

ThatOneCalculator opened this issue 5 years ago · comments

How do I fix this? Python 3.7.2, Windows 10.
Here's the traceback:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\algeb\Downloads\Animoji-Animate-master\animate.py", line 3, in <module>
    from glumpy import app, gloo, gl
  File "C:\Users\algeb\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\lib\site-packages\glumpy\__init__.py", line 7, in <module>
    from . import app
  File "C:\Users\algeb\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\lib\site-packages\glumpy\app\__init__.py", line 16, in <module>
    from glumpy.ext.inputhook import inputhook_manager, stdin_ready
  File "C:\Users\algeb\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\lib\site-packages\glumpy\ext\__init__.py", line 6, in <module>
    from . import freetype
  File "C:\Users\algeb\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\lib\site-packages\glumpy\ext\freetype\__init__.py", line 49, in <module>
    raise RuntimeError('Freetype library not found')
RuntimeError: Freetype library not found

Varun Sharma · Answer 1 · Fri Mar 22 2019 12:34:48 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

You can consider referring to these threads :
https://github.com/glumpy/glumpy/issues/85
and https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53013496/freetype-library-not-found-with-glumpy-python-3-6-win-10

Kainoa Kanter · Answer 2 · Fri Mar 22 2019 22:13:44 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

I actually tried both of those

tomguo1987 · Answer 3 · Mon May 11 2020 09:22:02 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

If you have installed freestyle, go to <your_python_path>\Lib\site-packages\freetype, to find a libfreetype.dll. Copy it to a directory whose path is in your system paths, rename it "freetype.dll", then you should be free from this assert. It worked for me on windows 10.

Kainoa Kanter · Answer 4 · Wed May 20 2020 02:27:15 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Thank you for replaying so late into the issue! I actually don't even use windows anymore 😅