Unable to install package - ERROR: Failed building wheel for matplotlib

[Jon77Ruler]

I've tried within Windows using a new, clean Conda environment, and within WSL Ubuntu 22.04 using both venv- and conda-created "empty" and default environments.

In each case, the installer downloads a load of packages, but errors with the titular message each time. This is both with the standard package, and the github latest version.

ERROR: Failed building wheel for matplotlib

Reading back up the text; there is this:

GNU make (>= 3.80) or makepp (>= 1.19) is required to build FreeType2.
Please try
MAKE= ./configure
or
MAKE="makepp --norc-substitution" ./configure

Do I need to install something else first?