How to resolve import matplotlib.pyplot as plt error?

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I am having trouble getting my matplotlib library to work. I am running it on a virual environment, and I have installed numpy, and matplotlib. I first open my virtual environment, activate python, then I enter,

import matplotlib

everything goes fine, but then I enter,

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

I get the error,

    Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/Users/kendallreid/.virtualenvs/cv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/pyplot.py", line 115, in <module>
    _backend_mod, new_figure_manager, draw_if_interactive, _show = pylab_setup()
  File "/Users/kendallreid/.virtualenvs/cv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/backends/__init__.py", line 32, in pylab_setup
    globals(),locals(),[backend_name],0)
  File "/Users/kendallreid/.virtualenvs/cv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/backends/backend_tkagg.py", line 6, in <module>
    from six.moves import tkinter as Tk
  File "/Users/kendallreid/.virtualenvs/cv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/six.py", line 203, in load_module
    mod = mod._resolve()
  File "/Users/kendallreid/.virtualenvs/cv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/six.py", line 115, in _resolve
    return _import_module(self.mod)
  File "/Users/kendallreid/.virtualenvs/cv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/six.py", line 82, in _import_module
    __import__(name)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.13/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 39, in <module>
    import _tkinter # If this fails your Python may not be configured for Tk
ImportError: No module named _tkinter

I have tried a number of different solutions to no avail. What could be the problem?

for python < 3.1 -> `pip install tkinter` - You may want to check http://stackoverflow.com/q/20044559/797495 — Pedro Lobito, Apr 23 '17 at 15:51
Try this : `import matplotlib` `matplotlib.use('Agg')` `import matplotlib.pyplot as plt` — enterML, Apr 23 '17 at 15:58

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered May 17 '18 at 12:15

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Use the below mentioned commands:

import matplotlib
matplotlib.use(‘TkAgg’)
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

This worked for me. I hope it helps.

answered May 17 '18 at 12:15

sufi

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How to resolve import matplotlib.pyplot as plt error?

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