DOC: Add FreeImage as optional dependency.

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Stefan van der Walt
2012-02-10 02:53:29 -08:00
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@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ examples in the documentation.
Known build errors
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On Windows, the error ``Error:unable to find vcvarsall.bat`` means that
distutils is not correctly configured to use the C compiler. Edit (create
distutils is not correctly configured to use the C compiler. Modify (or create,
if not existing) the configuration file ``distutils.cfg`` (located for
example at ``C:\Python26\Lib\distutils\distutils.cfg``) to be::
example at ``C:\Python26\Lib\distutils\distutils.cfg``) to contain::
[build]
compiler=mingw32
@@ -21,13 +21,16 @@ example at ``C:\Python26\Lib\distutils\distutils.cfg``) to be::
Usage Requirements
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* `Scipy <http://www.scipy.org/>`_
* `Scipy <http://www.scipy.org/>`__
Optional Requirements
---------------------
You can use this scikit with the basic requirements listed above, but some
functionality is only available with the following installed:
`PyQt4 <http://wiki.python.org/moin/PyQt>`_
The `qt` plugin that provides ``imshow(x, fancy=True)`` and `skivi`.
`PyQt4 <http://wiki.python.org/moin/PyQt>`__
The ``qt`` plugin that provides ``imshow(x, fancy=True)`` and `skivi`.
`FreeImage <http://freeimage.sf.net>`__
The ``freeimage`` plugin provides support for reading various types of
image file formats, including multi-page TIFFs.