Cannot install Matplotlib on Mac

I cannot install Matplotlib on Mavericks 10.9. I have the following error message telling me freetype cannot be built: ``` ============================================================================ Edit setup.cfg to change the build options BUILDING MATPLOTLIB matplotlib: yes [1.3.1] python: yes [2.7.6 (default, Apr 9 2014, 11:48:52) [GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple LLVM 5.1 (clang-503.0.38)]] platform: yes [darwin] REQUIRED DEPENDENCIES AND EXTENSIONS numpy: yes [version 1.8.1] dateutil: yes [dateutil was not found. It is required for date axis support. pip/easy_install may attempt to install it after matplotlib.] tornado: yes [tornado was not found. It is required for the WebAgg backend. pip/easy_install may attempt to install it after matplotlib.] pyparsing: yes [pyparsing was not found. It is required for mathtext support. pip/easy_install may attempt to install it after matplotlib.] pycxx: yes [Couldn't import. Using local copy.] libagg: yes [pkg-config information for 'libagg' could not be found. Using local copy.] freetype: no [The C/C++ header for freetype2 (ft2build.h) could not be found. You may need to install the development package.] png: yes [pkg-config information for 'libpng' could not be found. Using unknown version.] OPTIONAL SUBPACKAGES sample_data: yes [installing] toolkits: yes [installing] tests: yes [nose 0.11.1 or later is required to run the matplotlib test suite] OPTIONAL BACKEND EXTENSIONS macosx: yes [installing, darwin] qt4agg: no [PyQt4 not found] gtk3agg: no [Requires pygobject to be installed.] gtk3cairo: no [Requires cairo to be installed.] gtkagg: no [Requires pygtk] tkagg: yes [installing, version 81008] wxagg: no [requires wxPython] gtk: no [Requires pygtk] agg: yes [installing] cairo: no [cairo not found] windowing: no [Microsoft Windows only] OPTIONAL LATEX DEPENDENCIES dvipng: no ghostscript: no latex: no pdftops: no ============================================================================ * The following required packages can not be built: * freetype Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info: ============================================================================ Edit setup.cfg to change the build options BUILDING MATPLOTLIB matplotlib: yes [1.3.1] python: yes [2.7.6 (default, Apr 9 2014, 11:48:52) [GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple LLVM 5.1 (clang-503.0.38)]] platform: yes [darwin] REQUIRED DEPENDENCIES AND EXTENSIONS numpy: yes [version 1.8.1] dateutil: yes [dateutil was not found. It is required for date axis support. pip/easy_install may attempt to install it after matplotlib.] tornado: yes [tornado was not found. It is required for the WebAgg backend. pip/easy_install may attempt to install it after matplotlib.] pyparsing: yes [pyparsing was not found. It is required for mathtext support. pip/easy_install may attempt to install it after matplotlib.] pycxx: yes [Couldn't import. Using local copy.] libagg: yes [pkg-config information for 'libagg' could not be found. Using local copy.] freetype: no [The C/C++ header for freetype2 (ft2build.h) could not be found. You may need to install the development package.] png: yes [pkg-config information for 'libpng' could not be found. Using unknown version.] OPTIONAL SUBPACKAGES sample_data: yes [installing] toolkits: yes [installing] tests: yes [nose 0.11.1 or later is required to run the matplotlib test suite] OPTIONAL BACKEND EXTENSIONS macosx: yes [installing, darwin] qt4agg: no [PyQt4 not found] gtk3agg: no [Requires pygobject to be installed.] gtk3cairo: no [Requires cairo to be installed.] gtkagg: no [Requires pygtk] tkagg: yes [installing, version 81008] wxagg: no [requires wxPython] gtk: no [Requires pygtk] agg: yes [installing] cairo: no [cairo not found] windowing: no [Microsoft Windows only] OPTIONAL LATEX DEPENDENCIES dvipng: no ghostscript: no latex: no pdftops: no ============================================================================ * The following required packages can not be built: * freetype ---------------------------------------- Cleaning up... Command python setup.py egg_info failed with error code 1 in /private/var/folders/jj/0w0dd3n16jq4g5579g6c7h040000gn/T/pip_build_mc/matplotlib Storing debug log for failure in /Users/mc/.pip/pip.log ``` I have followed the instructions here and here but it still doesn't work. This is a clean system install and I just installed Python with brew as well.