Question: I want to install PIL on Mavericks using pip but get this error.

```
_imagingft.c:73:10: fatal error: 'freetype/fterrors.h' file not found
#include <freetype/fterrors.h>
         ^
1 error generated.
error: command 'cc' failed with exit status 1

```

My Command Line Tools are installed and up to date and every hint I found didn't help.
How can I get this to compile?

EDIT: I just checked, freetype is also already installed via homebrew

Answer: 
Instead of symlinking to a specific version of freetype2, do this:

```
ln -s /usr/local/include/freetype2 /usr/local/include/freetype

```

This saves you the trouble of recreating the symlink whenever you upgrade freetype2.
Use [Pillow](http://python-pillow.github.com) where this issue is fixed "for real":

* <https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/c6040f618d8f2706a7b46d1cdf37d1a587f9701f>

And where you can report issues and see them addressed in a timely fashion:

* <https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/issues>