error: Could not find suitable distribution for Requirement.parse('bdist-egg')

Question

I am trying to install matplotlib using the following command and running into below error,can anyone provide inputs what is wrong here and how to overcome this?

 easy_install matplotlib

ERROR:-

Couldn't find index page for 'bdist_egg' (maybe misspelled?)
Couldn't find index page for 'bdist_egg' (maybe misspelled?)
Couldn't find index page for 'bdist_egg' (maybe misspelled?)
Couldn't find index page for 'bdist_egg' (maybe misspelled?)
No local packages or download links found for bdist-egg
error: Could not find suitable distribution for Requirement.parse('bdist-egg')
No local packages or download links found for bdist-egg
error: Could not find suitable distribution for Requirement.parse('bdist-egg')

Answer 1

There's no need to build matplotlib yourself on Windows. Just use their provided binaries at https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/downloads