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1. Set the CBE environment (/opt/jdsbld/bin/env.sh), and export CC=$CXX, so that /usr/lib/python2.4/pycc would eventually use the C++ compiler in SunStudio.

2. Download the source code from http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net,  then apply the following patch,

--- setupext.py	2008-08-04 02:15:22.000000000 +0800
+++ setupext.py	2008-11-03 17:08:41.387138200 +0800
@@ -218,6 +218,8 @@ def get_win32_compiler():
 win32_compiler = get_win32_compiler()
 if sys.platform == 'win32' and win32_compiler == 'msvc':
     std_libs = []
+elif sys.platform == 'sunos5':
+    std_libs = ['Crun', 'Cstd']
 else:
     std_libs = ['stdc++', 'm']
 
@@ -298,6 +300,7 @@ def check_for_freetype():
         for d in basedirs:
             module.include_dirs.append(os.path.join(d, 'freetype2'))
 
+    module.include_dirs.append('/usr/include')
     print_status("freetype2", get_pkgconfig_version('freetype2'))
     if not find_include_file(module.include_dirs, 'ft2build.h'):
         print_message(
--- src/_backend_gdk.c	2008-08-04 02:14:18.000000000 +0800
+++ src/_backend_gdk.c	2008-11-03 17:31:32.896210699 +0800
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ static PyMethodDef _backend_gdk_function
     { NULL, NULL, 0 }
 };
 
+extern "C"
 DL_EXPORT(void)
 init_backend_gdk(void)
 {

3. Then build and install,

$ python setup.py build
$ pfexec python setup.py install

Note: this version of matplotlib requires numpy-1.1 or higher version, you need build and install a newer one since solaris only has 1.0.4.