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@@ -103,7 +103,15 @@ Copy :file:`setup.cfg.template` to :file:`setup.cfg` and edit it to contain::
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tests = True
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or set the ``MPLLOCALFREETYPE`` environmental variable to any true
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-value.
+value. If you have previously built Matplotlib with a different
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+version of Freetype, you will also need to remove the c/c++ build
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+products. Do this is to delete the ``build`` folder or ``git clean
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+-xfd``. If you are going to be regularly working on Matplotlib,
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+consider putting ::
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+
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+ export MPLLOCALFREETYPE=1
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+in your shell start up files.
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Installing Matplotlib in developer mode
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