ImportError: matplotlib requires dateutil- python

Question

I get this error when i try to import matplotlib. I have installed matplotlib.

Traceback (most recent call last):   
  File "<pyshell#23>", line 1, in <module>     
   import matplotlib   
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\__init__.py", line 110, in <module>     
   raise ImportError("matplotlib requires dateutil") 
ImportError: matplotlib requires dateutil

how do I solve this problem?

Possible duplicate of [ImportError: matplotlib requires dateutil](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18280436/importerror-matplotlib-requires-dateutil) — SiHa, Nov 07 '16 at 12:39

radbrawler · Answer 1 · 2016-11-07T12:34:06.677

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matplotlib depends on dateutil

On Linux you can install it using

pip install python-dateutil

You can reinstall them forcefully using

pip install python-dateutil --force-reinstall --upgrade

To install pip on windows get the script get-pip.py from here. Then on cmd run

python get-pip.py

edited Nov 07 '16 at 12:34

answered Nov 07 '16 at 12:18

radbrawler

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I work on windows and i have tried all of it multiple times. thank you @radbrawler – Aditi Yerudkar Nov 07 '16 at 12:30
Do you have `pip` installed .? – radbrawler Nov 07 '16 at 12:31
Firstly it asks for dateutil. I have the .whl file of dateutil. Could you help me to install that .whl file so that matplotlib works? – Aditi Yerudkar Nov 07 '16 at 12:34
I do have pip installed as well as upgraded – Aditi Yerudkar Nov 07 '16 at 12:34
to install `*.whl` files `pip install xyz.whl` see [this](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/27885397/how-do-i-install-a-python-package-with-a-whl-file) – radbrawler Nov 07 '16 at 12:38
I have installed numPy and sciPy, so my pip works perfectly. I just need to Install matplotlib. And i get an error that i require dateutil. So how to go about with that? – Aditi Yerudkar Nov 07 '16 at 12:38
I am not using anaconda so i need to specify the path. And i did try but it doesn't work – Aditi Yerudkar Nov 07 '16 at 12:39
I got the response as - No module named statlib – Aditi Yerudkar Nov 07 '16 at 12:45
pip install python-dateutil : gives invalid syntax – Aditi Yerudkar Nov 07 '16 at 12:47
you are running it on python interpreter. Run it on windows cmd. – radbrawler Nov 07 '16 at 12:54

ImportError: matplotlib requires dateutil- python

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